Art & Science Collide

Art & Science Collide

Sep
14
2024
Feb
16
2025

PST ART: Art & Science Collide will create opportunities for civic dialogue around some of the most urgent problems of our time by exploring past and present connections between art and science in a series of exhibitions, public programs, and other resources. Project topics range from climate change and environmental justice to the future of artificial intelligence and alternative medicine.

About PST ART: Art & Science Collide

Southern California’s landmark arts event, PST ART (previously Pacific Standard Time), returns in September 2024 with more than 818 artists, 50 exhibitions, and 1 mind-blowing theme:

Art & Science Collide

In partnership with museums and institutions across the region, this is one of the most expansive art events in the world.

This “collision” will explore the intersections of Art and Science, both past and present, with diverse organizations activating exhibitions on topics like ancient cosmologies, Indigenous sci-fi, environmental justice, and artificial intelligence.

PST ART: Art & Science Collide will share groundbreaking research, spark lively debate, and provide thought-provoking lenses to explore our complex world.

Whether you are already in-the-know or discovering PST ART for the first time, Art & Science Collide will be the groundbreaking event of 2024.

PST ART is a Getty initiative.

Any questions? Don’t hesitate to email us at info@pst.art

Robert Breer’s Floats, 1970 outside a model construction of the Pepsi-Cola Pavilion. Chromogenic process. Photograph by Shunk-Kender. ©J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles and Robert Breer.
Robert Breer’s Floats, 1970 outside a model construction of the Pepsi-Cola Pavilion. Chromogenic process. Photograph by Shunk-Kender. ©J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles and Robert Breer.
Dark Paradise – Chapter 2 – On restoration and future, 2023, Paul Rosero Contreras. 4k video – 5.1 surround system. Paul Rosero Contreras, 2023. ©Paul Rosero Contreras, Dos Islas Studio / USFQ, 2023 – 2024.
Dark Paradise – Chapter 2 – On restoration and future, 2023, Paul Rosero Contreras. 4k video – 5.1 surround system. Paul Rosero Contreras, 2023. ©Paul Rosero Contreras, Dos Islas Studio / USFQ, 2023 – 2024.
Fuel to Fire (image still), 2023, Carolina Caycedo. Video, color, sound. Courtesy of the artist. ©Carolina Caycedo.
Fuel to Fire (image still), 2023, Carolina Caycedo. Video, color, sound. Courtesy of the artist. ©Carolina Caycedo.

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Participating Institutions

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Birch Aquarium
UC San Diego Visual Arts in partnership with Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
LAXART Logo
LAXART
Brand Library & Art Center. Nico Marques/Photekt.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Glendale Library, Arts & Culture presented at Brand Library and Art Center
The Wende Museum is based in a former National Guard Armory constructed in 1949.
Wende Museum
Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College. Photograph by Monica Orozco. ©Vincent Price Art Museum.
Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College
Facade of the Culver Center of the Arts, UCR ARTS. Courtesy of Main+Nine.
UCR ARTS at the University of California Riverside
Billy Wilder Theater. Photo credit: UCLA Film & Television Archive.
UCLA Film & Television Archive in partnership with UCLA Cinema & Media Studies Program
UCLA Department of Design Media Arts at Human Resources Chinatown Location Image
UCLA Department of Design Media Arts presented at Human Resources, Chinatown
UCLA Art | Sci Logo
UCLA Art | Sci Center
UCI Beall Center for Art + Technology.
Beall Center for Art + Technology
Skirball Cultural Center. Photo by Steve Cohn.
Skirball Cultural Center
The Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA. Courtesy of The Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Los Angeles. ©Stephen Busken.
Self Help Graphics & Art presented at Luckman Gallery at CalState LA
SCI-Arc.
SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture)
The San Diego Museum of Art Facade. Courtesy of the San Diego Museum of Art.
San Diego Museum of Art
Photograph by Rafael Hernandez.
REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney | CalArts Theater)
Palm Springs Art Museum. Photograph by Lance Gerber.
Palm Springs Art Museum
OXY ARTS on York Blvd. Photo by Meldia Yesayan. ©OXY ARTS.
OXY ARTS
Entrance USC Fisher Museum of Art. ©USC Fisher Museum of Art.
ONE Archives at the USC Libraries presented at the USC Fisher Museum of Art
Oceanside Museum of Art.
Oceanside Museum of Art
The North Entrance to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Courtesy of Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
The Museum of Jurassic Technology Front Facade. Courtesy of The Museum of Jurassic Technology. ©The Museum of Jurassic Technology.
Museum of Jurassic Technology
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s flagship Joan and Irwin Jacobs Building in La Jolla. Photography: studio MAHA
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
MOLAA (Museum of Latin American Art)
MOLAA (Museum of Latin American Art)
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Photograph by Elon Schoenholz. Courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
Mingei International Museum Exterior Building. ©Mingei International Museum.
Mingei International Museum
Los Angeles Filmforum Logo
Los Angeles Filmforum presented at 2220 Arts and Archives
Los Angeles Central Library. Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library.
Library Foundation of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Public Library
MOAH Location Image
Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH)
LACMA Campus. ©Museum Associates/LACMA.
LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
LACE Logo
LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)
La Jolla Historical Society. Photograph by Pablo Mason.
La Jolla Historical Society
The Lake Pit at La Brea Tar Pits. Courtesy of La Brea Tar Pits.
La Brea Tar Pits
ICA LA Façade. Installation view, Christine Sun Kim: Bounce Back, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Feb 11–Sep 15, 2023. Photograph by Jeff McLane. ©Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
North Vista of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. ©The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Getty Center Location Image
Getty Center
Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University.
Fulcrum Arts presented at the Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University
Exterior of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Fathomers exhibition partner for Emergence: A Genealogy. Courtesy of Japanese American Cultural and Community Center. ©Japanese American Cultural and Community Center.
Fathomers presented at Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
Craft Contemporary.
Craft Contemporary
The Center for Land Use Interpretation’s main office and exhibit space in Los Angeles, California. Courtesy of the Center for Land Use Interpretation.
Center for Land Use Interpretation
LaCorte Hall at CSUDH. Courtesy CSUDH.
CSU Dominguez Hills University Art Gallery
California Institute of Technology.
California Institute of Technology
California African American Museum. HRDWRKER. ©California African American Museum.
California African American Museum
The Broad. Photo by Benny Chan. ©Benny Chang.
The Broad
Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College. Photo credit: Richard Barnes.
Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College
Photo courtesy of Andrea Headley. Autry Museum of the American West.
Autry Museum of the American West
ArtCenter College of Design Campus. ©ArtCenter College of Design / Juan Posada.
ArtCenter College of Design
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Photo by Josh White. JW Pictures / ©Academy Museum Foundation.
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena CA. Photo by Milly Correa. Courtesy of Armory Center for the Arts. ©Armory Center for the Arts, 2022.
Armory Center for the Arts
Griffith Observatory at Dusk. Griffith Observatory, David Pinsky. ©Griffith Observatory.
Griffith Observatory
Hammer Museum Location Image
Hammer Museum

Past Initiatives

Latin American & Latino Art in LA
2017-2018
Photograph by La Raza Photographic Staff. East L.A. High School Walkouts. 1968. La Raza Newspaper & Magazine Records. Coll. 1000. Courtesy of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. Photograph by La Raza Photographic Staff.

Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA was a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles. With topics such as luxury objects in the pre-Columbian Americas, 20th-century Afro-Brazilian art, alternative spaces in Mexico City, and boundary-crossing practices of Latino artists, exhibitions ranged from monographic studies of individual artists to broad surveys that cut across numerous countries.

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Art in L.A. 1945-1980
2011-2012
The Back of Hollywood, 1977, Ed Ruscha. Oil on canvas. Photo: Paul Ruscha. ©Edward Ruscha Studio.

Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980 was an unprecedented collaboration of more than 60 cultural institutions across Southern California coming together to celebrate the birth of the L.A. art scene. Between October 2011 and March 2012, each institution made its own contribution to this grand-scale story of artistic innovation and social change, told through the multitude of simultaneous exhibitions and programs. 

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PST ART is an initiative of Getty with arts institutions across Southern California
Mahmud ibn Yahya ibn al-Hasan al-Kashi, Horoscope from the Book of the Birth of Iskandar, Persia, 1411. Digital Image courtesy of The Wellcome Collection's Open Access Program. © Museum Associates/LACMA.
Drosophila, 1934, Edith M. Wallace. Ink and watercolor on paper. ©California Institute of Technology.
Listener, 2018, Kite. Performance in Linz, Austria. Includes floor projections, audio channels, and hair-braid interface. Photo by vog.photo. ©Kite.
The Botanical Magazine, or, Flower-Garden Displayed, vol. 10, pl. 357, 1796. Hand-colored copper engraving. ©The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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