Ava Hoeller-Lacerda

Bio

Ava Hoeller-Lacerda is a German-American researcher. She holds a graduate degree in Visual and Media Anthropology and works in museum research and documentary film.

Curatorial, Getty Research Institute

Stories

  1. unaulutu: Pebbles in the Sand

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    Artists’ book standing upright, opened to a print featuring white mythical creatures against a dark background; opposite of the print is the title page unaulutu Steinchen im Sand

    A rare artist’s book from East Germany

    Aug 15, 2024

  2. An ASMR Unboxing Video

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    Two women in a library hold a very large page of a book under a microphone

    A tickle, tap, whisper, art experience

    Aug 15, 2024

  3. PST ART at Getty

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    A boombox set diagonally with a gradient overlay shading from orange to green.

    New Getty shows will explore the wonders of light, medieval astrology, the microscopic, and what happens when you put artists and engineers in a room together

    Aug 15, 2024

  4. Excavating Your Pantry for an Ancient Roman Meal

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    Wall painting of two men holding a small mammal while one cuts it with a knife, standing in a room with a large silver vessel and a pillar with a tray of food

    Three simple recipes to help you eat like a Roman

    Aug 13, 2024

  5. Surprises as an Ancient Statue Is Prepped to Receive Its Missing Head

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    Photo of a conservator applying tools to the side of a sculpture hung in slings.

    Eduardo Sanchez uncovered a cryptic message and evidence of a 20th-century beheading

    Aug 08, 2024

  6. Witnessing Winter with Hendrick Avercamp, the ‘Mute from Kampen’

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    Drawing of Dutch townspeople in 17th-century garb skating, playing games, and moving goods on ice.

    It’s time to re-frame assumptions about this ‘Little Ice Age’ painter

    Aug 06, 2024

  7. Decadent Dining at a Royal Coronation

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    A painting of a man in a long curly wig with an ermine robe

    Inside a historic, extravagant 17th-century feast

    Jul 30, 2024

  8. Dragonflies and Drought

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    Drawing of three dragonflies, with all wings and body parts clearly visible, and handwriting along the bottom of the page

    A 17th-century drawing records the migration of a dragonfly swarm and the weather conditions that might have triggered it

    Jul 24, 2024

  9. Why Is It Winter in So Many Dutch Paintings?

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    Groups of people cavort on a frozen winter canal. They appear small compared to the large cold landscape.

    Blame the Ice Age… no, not that one

    Jul 18, 2024

  10. Find Love, Adventure, and Extraordinary Worlds in Tiny Manuscript Spaces

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    Medieval illustration showing robed men gathered around tomb of man and two women, with a man in blue robe shown three times reading a book, talking to a priest, and writing at a desk

    Explore a 15th-century epic through dazzling illustrations

    Jul 17, 2024