“Torus” (2021) by Deana Lawson, featuring a transmission hologram mounted to glass, will be featured in PST ART: Art & Science Collide. (photo by Matthew Schreiber)

The Getty has announced details for its 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 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 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,” said Katherine E. Fleming, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust. “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.”

The exhibition will run from Sept. 15-Feb. 16, 2025. Exhibitions are located throughout Los Angeles. For information, visit pst.art.