Sometimes one’s best ideas are simple. At the end of the twentieth century, I spent the academic year in residence as a Getty Scholar in Los Angeles, writing about the art museum.

The Getty Villa Museum's grounds are under threat from a fast-moving fire in Pacific Palisades, ... Residents in Venice Beach, some 6 miles away, reported seeing the flames. ...

The works depict religious scenes from the lives of Jesus, Mary and various saints and significantly expand Getty’s medieval ...