Pauline Adamek
Southern California’s landmark arts event Pacific Standard Time—now PST ART—returned in September 2024 with more than 70 exhibitions from museums and other institutions across the region, all exploring the intersections of art and science—past, present, and in the imaginable future. Dozens of cultural, scientific, and community organizations have joined the latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide to share groundbreaking research, create indelible experiences for the public, and generate new ways of understanding our complex world.
PST ART: Art & Science Collide follows Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (September 2017–January 2018) and Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945–1980 (October 2011– March 2012).
Above photo: Torus, 2021; exhibition copy 2023, Deana Lawson (American, born 1979). Transmission hologram mounted to glass. Plate: 28.6 × 39.1 × 1.6 cm (11 1/4 × 15 3/8 × 5/8 in.). Courtesy of the artist, Gagosian, New York, and David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles. © Deana Lawson. Photo: Matthew Schreiber.
Getty previously announced details for the numerous upcoming exhibitions related to PST ART: Art & Science Collide. The Getty initiative will present over 70 exhibitions at institutions across Southern California that all explore the intersections of art and science—past, present, and in the imaginable future.
The Getty Center will host eight of the PST ART exhibitions—more than any other venue in the region—as well as two special installations. The theme of art and science will be represented through a major international loan exhibition that examines how the science of light impacted art and religion of the “Long Middle Ages;” photography exhibitions of artists who experimented with light in abstract imagery and holography; an exhibition on a spectacular French microscope from Getty’s collection; a manuscript exhibition that reveals the scientific mysteries of medieval astrology; a drawings exhibition that explores how artists creatively used paper and light together; a conservation exhibition on Vincent van Gogh’s Irises that reconsiders the original appearance of this beloved painting; an exhibition that tells the story of Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T) and the role it played in fostering collaboration between artists and engineers; and, finally, two contemporary installations tied to the special exhibition, Lumen: The Art and Science of Light: one exploring the manipulation of spectral sunlight in the museum’s rotunda by artist Charles Ross and another featuring a meditative sculpture and light installation by Helen Pashgian.
“PST Art and Science strikes at the heart of the enduring human intertwining of science and art. Neither has limits, both speak to the imagination, and when they are put together, each is even more powerful. It’s very exciting that my first PST will bring together wide audiences and practitioners to share the creative collision of art and science. In converging the two, we start to think and talk about them in new and different ways, even as a new merged category. At Getty, we’ll be exploring a variety of art and science topics that will be presented in exhibitions that range from how science, art, and religion were interconnected in the Middle Ages to reframing our Irises, by Van Gogh.”
Katherine E. Fleming, President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust.
Remaining exhibitions:
Sensing the Future: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)
September 10, 2024–February 23, 2025
The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Sensing the Future: Experiments in Art and Technology tells the story of E.A.T.’s origins and impact.
Magnified Wonders: An 18th-Century Microscope
September 10, 2024–February 2, 2025
This exhibition features rare French microscope from the Age of Enlightenment.
The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Photo: Compound Microscope with a Micrometric Stage, early 1750s. Gilt bronze, iron, enamel, shagreen (sharkskin), glass. Getty Museum, 86.DH.694.1
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Rising Signs: The Medieval Science of Astrology
October 1, 2024–January 5, 2025
This exhibition explores medieval representations of the 12 signs of the zodiac.
Photo: October; Sowing, about 1440–50, from the Bedford Book of Hours, illuminated in the Workshop of the Bedford Master. Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment, 9 1/4 × 6 7/16 in. Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig IX 6 (83.ML.102), fol. 10
The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Ultra-Violet: New Light on Van Gogh’s Irises
October 1, 2024–January 19, 2025
Research in new exhibition confirms the flowers in Irises were originally not as blue as they appear today.
The J. Paul Getty Museum.
October 15, 2024–January 19, 2025
Exhibition showcases how artists tackled the challenge of capturing effects of light in drawings.
Photo: La Bataille des Os (The Battle of the Bones), about 1881, Odilon Redon. Charcoal, 14 3/8 x 17 11/16 in. Getty Museum, 2024.17
The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Two special installations are also included as part of Lumen:
August 6, 2024–January 26, 2025
From astrolabes and armillary spheres to contemporary sculpture, the exhibition traces humanity’s enduring fascination with light.
The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Photo: Jeremy Frechette.
September 10, 2024–Ongoing
Designed for the Museum Entrance Hall, new installation will fill rotunda with prismatic light.
The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Several additional Getty PST ART exhibitions will occur off-site:
Cai Guo-Qiang: A Material Odyssey
September 17, 2024–June 15, 2025
USC Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue, Playhouse Village, Pasadena
WED-SUN: 11AM-5PM
Alta / a Human Atlas of a City of Angels
January 13–April 27, 2025
Los Angeles Public Library, Central Library
The portraits, life stories, and DNA of 100 Angelenos making positive social impact in the community will be showcased in an exhibition, book, podcast, website, and more.
Library Foundation of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Public Library
630 West 5th Street, Los Angeles
MON-THU: 10am-8pm
FRI-SAT: 9:30am-5:30 pm
SUN: 1pm-5pm
Wired for Wonder: A Multisensory Maze
February 1–August 1, 2025
Kidspace Children’s Museum
480 North Arroyo Boulevard, Pasadena
MON-SUN:10AM-5PM
Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art
January 12 – July 13, 2025
Fowler Museum at UCLA
240 Charles E. Young Drive Suite 8260, Los Angeles
RSVP HERE for the Opening Celebration: Fire Kinship – January 11, 2025 from 6:00PM – 9:00PM
January 11 2025 is the opening celebration of Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art, the second of two PST Art exhibitions at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. The exhibition reintroduces Native American practices, in which fire is regarded as a vital aspect of land stewardship, community well-being, and tribal sovereignty. The exhibition was developed in partnership with Indigenous Southern California artists and community leaders, and made possible through the relationship between people, place, and fire.
About The Getty:
Getty is a leading global arts organization committed to the exhibition, conservation, and understanding of the world’s artistic and cultural heritage. Based in Los Angeles, Getty’s Foundation, Conservation Institute, Museum, and Research Institute work collaboratively with partners around the world. Getty shares art, knowledge, and resources online at Getty.edu and welcomes the public for free at its Getty Center and the Getty Villa.
PST ART is presented by Getty. Lead partners are Bank of America, Alicia Miñana & Rob Lovelace, and the Getty Patron Program. The principal partner is Simons Foundation.
Terry Morgan
Thank you for the good writeup.