Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA

Multi-Project Initiative

New research related to Latin American and Latino art presented at over 70 institutions across Southern California

Photograph by La Raza Black and white photograph of students protesting outside a high school in East LA, with signs that say "By All Means Necessary!" and "Is Educ. A Crime?"

East L.A. High School Walkouts, 1968, La Raza Photographic Staff. La Raza Newspaper & Magazine Records, Coll. 1000. Courtesy of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. On view in 2017 in LA RAZA at the Autry Museum of the American West

About

Goal

This region-wide collaboration, led by Getty and supported by Getty Foundation grants, had three goals: create new knowledge about Latin American and Latino art; enhance intellectual exchange between Los Angeles and Latin America; and present Latin American and Latino art to the public at a large scale.

Outcomes

  • Over 70 exhibitions and public programs throughout Southern California
  • 60 new publications with original research and previously unpublished artworks and documentation
  • Additional venues for nearly 20 exhibitions that traveled to museums in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico
  • Workshops and symposia dedicated to Latin American and Latino art
  • Increased access to Latin American and Latino art archives in United States and Latin America
  • A Teacher Resource Guide that tied PST: LA/LA themes to core standards for K–12 students, teachers, and families

Economic impact was assessed through a study undertaken by the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation and overall impact was shared through a report on grantmaking outcomes.

Project Details

Projects in This Initiative

Concrete Art in Argentina and Brazil

A modern painting with a white background and straight, symmetrical blue lines

New research on materials, techniques, and processes used by the most influential abstract modern artists in Latin America

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  1. Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas

    Exhibition

    Solid gold labret, the head and long curvy neck of a serpent with sharp teeth and an outstretched, articulated tongue.

    Trace the development of luxury arts in the Americas from about 1000 BC to the arrival of Europeans in the early 16th century

  2. The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830–1930

    Exhibition

  3. Making Art Concrete: Works from Argentina and Brazil in the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

    Exhibition

  4. Photography in Argentina, 1850–2010: Contradiction and Continuity

    Exhibition