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Exhibition Series PST ART: Art & Science Collide

Encounter the intersections of art and science at the Getty Center.

A donut-shaped form covered in many lines, both straight and undulating, sit on a plain background. The scene fades from a cyan blue at the top to a burnt orange at the bottom, and is covered in many
Torus (detail), 2021, exhibition copy 2023, Deana Lawson. Transmission hologram on glass plate. Courtesy of the artist, Gagosian, New York, and David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles. © Deana Lawson. Photo: Matthew Schreiber

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PST ART is a groundbreaking cultural collaboration. Every five years, PST ART unites hundreds of artists around a single, electrifying theme at more than 60 exhibition spaces. While the theme is different each time, the heart of PST ART is always the distinctive cultural identity of Southern California, and the universal hunger for artistic and intellectual discovery.

The theme for this year’s edition is Art & Science Collide. Getty Museum exhibitions explore the many ways light impacts artists and their work—bending and refracting it, directing it through lenses, and freezing it in time. At the Research Institute, encounter collaborations between artists and engineers.

On Now

  1. Lumen: Helen Pashgian

    Installation

    A close-up view of the bottom left quadrant of a blurred, deep orange circle that fades from dark to light on an off-white background
    Untitled (Lens) (detail), 2023, Helen Pashgian. Cast urethane. Courtesy of the artist. © Helen Pashgian. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen

    A meditative sculpture and light installation challenges human perception, evoking feelings akin to those inspired by medieval sacred spaces.

  2. Abstracted Light: Experimental Photography

    Exhibition

    Black-and-white photo of a translucent white vortex spiraling in the center of the image.
    Vortex (detail), 1933, Edward W. Quigley. Gelatin silver print. Getty Museum

    Avant-garde photography, film, and time-based artworks from the 1920s to the ‘50s.

  3. Sculpting with Light: Contemporary Artists and Holography

    Exhibition

    A donut-shaped form covered in many lines, both straight and undulating, sit on a plain background. The scene fades from a cyan blue at the top to a burnt orange at the bottom, and is covered in many
    Torus (detail), 2021, exhibition copy 2023, Deana Lawson. Transmission hologram on glass plate. Courtesy of the artist, Gagosian, New York, and David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles. © Deana Lawson. Photo: Matthew Schreiber

    Artworks that create the illusion of three-dimensional objects floating in space.

  4. Lumen: The Art and Science of Light

    Featured Exhibition

    A circular detail of a medieval illustration of men in white robes holding astronomical instruments toward a night sky with stars. The detail sits on a background of dark blue flanked by gold circles
    Astronomers on Mount Athos (detail), in The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, about 1400–1425, Master of the Mandeville Travels. Tinted ink on parchment. The British Library Collection, Add. 24189, fol. 15. Image © The British Library Board

    See how optics, geometry, and astronomy impacted art and religious language in the Middle Ages.

Upcoming

  1. Sensing the Future: LIVE

    Performance

    Black-and-white image of a stage with performers: one lies on their stomach on a wood block, another stands on another block, and a few others move around and pose. Onlookers sit in chairs.
    Performance still from Deborah Hay's solo, 1966. Photograph by Peter Moore; © Northwestern University. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (940003)

    This afternoon of live performance reimagines works central to the legacy of Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)

  2. Paper and Light

    Exhibition

    Graphite drawing of distant stars and galaxies in space.
    Untitled (Coma Berenices #3), 1973, Vija Celmins. Graphite on acrylic ground. Collection of Mary Patricia Anderson Pence. © Vija Celmins. Photo: Glen Cheriton

    This exhibition of drawings portrays themes of translucency and the representation of light.

  3. Prismatic Effect: A Conversation with Charles Ross

    Talk

    A man holding a cowboy hat sits down on a white elongated bench that has a rainbow of light on it.
    Charles Ross (in “Solar Spectrum”, Dwan Light Sanctuary, United World College, Montezuma, NM). [@jeremyfrechette][1] [1]: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyfrechette/?igsh=NmM5MHE3YWc5cDNz&utm_source=qr. Photo: Jeremy Frechette

    Ross talks about his storied career—from early collaborations with Judson Dance Theater, to engagements with the minimal and land art movements, to his decades-long work with light and prisms.

  4. Art, Science, and Wonder in the Medieval World

    Panel Talk

    A circular detail of a medieval illustration of men in white robes holding astronomical instruments toward a night sky with stars. The detail sits on a background of dark blue flanked by gold circles
    Astronomers on Mount Athos (detail), in The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, about 1400–1425, Master of the Mandeville Travels. Tinted ink on parchment. The British Library Collection, Add. 24189, fol. 15. Image © The British Library Board

    Two panel discussions delve into themes in the exhibition Lumen: The Art and Science of Light.

Partnerships

Partners and Sponsors

PST ART: Art & Science Collide is presented at institutions across Southern California by Getty with the support of the following partners:

Lead Partners

Alicia Miñana & Rob Lovelace
Getty Patron Program

Principal Partners

Eva & Ming Hsieh

Past

  1. Illuminating Lumia: Preserving Thomas Wilfred’s Legacy

    Talk

    Abstract wisps of orange and blue light sit within a large square and are surrounded by dark metal cabinet.
    Visual Counterpoint, Opus 140, Thomas Wilfred, 1950. Metal, glass, electrical and lighting elements, and a frosted-glass screen in an aluminum cabinet. Carol and Eugene Epstein Collection. Image courtesy of Yale University Art Gallery.

    Discover the fascinating history of early 1920s light-and-color instruments and their preservation today.

  2. Art Break: Astrology Goes Online

    Talk

    Circular details from various medieval manuscript pages showing the signs of the zodiac against a black background.
    Details from Miscellany: Descriptions of Planets, Zodiacs, and Comets, shortly after 1464, German. Watercolor and ink on paper. Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig XII 8 (83.MO.137)

    Dive into the links between medieval astrology and popular contemporary practice with Gina Piccolo and Kyle Thomas.

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