PST ART 2030
The fourth edition of this landmark region-wide collaboration will explore artistic and cultural exchange between Southern California and the Pacific Rim.
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- Years 2026 – present
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Chiura Obata (American, born in Japan, 1885–1975),"Full Moon, Pasadena, California," 1930, watercolor on paper. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Gift of the Obata Family.
About
Goal
Every five years, Getty and cultural partners across Southern California stage PST ART, a region-wide art experience built around a singular topic, which changes each edition. For PST ART 2030, the initiative focuses on artistic and cultural exchanges between Southern California and the Pacific Rim. The relationship between these regions holds both historical complexity and contemporary relevance, offering different perspectives that can shift our understanding of its many artistic traditions. These narratives may include the arrival of Chinese porcelain in the Spanish missions, the dialogue between Los Angeles artists and their Asian counterparts after World War II, the deep connection between Japanese visual culture and modern architecture and design in Los Angeles, and the seismic influence of Korean popular culture today.
Los Angeles has also long been a central node within overlapping networks of migration, diaspora, and transoceanic trade. Research on these areas will allow the theme to break open many subjects for further research, including art made in relation to colonialism, geopolitical conditions, and shifting economies, as well as the complex movements of people, materials, and ideas that have shaped the arts in Los Angeles and across the Pacific.
