Pacific Standard Time
An initiative of the Getty with arts organizations throughout Southern California. Coming in 2024 is Pacific Standard Time: Art x Science x LA.
Pacific Standard Time officially ended in Los Angeles on March 31, but it continues nearly 6,000 miles away in Berlin. Pacific Standard Time: Kunst... Read More
L.A.’s Cinematic Experiment, Then and Now
Los Angeles is known as a Hollywood town, but our film scene has always been about more than stars and blockbusters. Throughout the Pacific... Read More
In Studio: John Mason
On January 8 sculptor John Mason opened his studio and shared insights into his creative process with us and a group of eager participants.... Read More
In Studio: Larry Bell
Artist Larry Bell creates sculptures that play with optical effects, light, and perception. He opened his studio and shared creative insights into his creative... Read More
Creating a Canvas for “Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents”
As you move through Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A.: Painting and Sculpture, closing this Sunday, the colors of the walls or the unusual... Read More
Ladybugs on the Lam!
Artist Hirokazu Kosaka’s much anticipated presentation of “Kalpa” on January 20 at the Getty Center was an experimental performance spectacular, featuring hundreds of spools... Read More
Bodacious Buggerrilla Takes On Race, Class, and the 1%
In South-Central in the ‘60s and ‘70s, everybody knew Bodacious Buggerrilla. The street theater group staged shocking and hilarious consciousness-raising skits at schools, churches,... Read More
I Was There: Lita Albuquerque’s “Spine of the Earth 2012”
At 8:15 Sunday morning I found myself scurrying through a parking lot in Culver City to get on an old-fashioned-looking red and white bus.... Read More
Kalpa: No Strings Attached
Dancers, a World War II searchlight, and 400 spools of thread combined to turn the Getty Center’s Arrival Plaza into a performative installation last... Read More
Join Suzanne Lacy to Demand that #RapeEndsHere
January 19 is the official launch of the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival. But it’s already unofficially begun, not only with... Read More
In Studio: Ed Moses
Artist Ed Moses opened his studio and shared insights into his creative process last December 18 as part of In Studio, a program we... Read More
Fire and Ice: Artists Get Ready for the Pacific Standard Time Festival
From January 19 to 29, the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival will present more than 30 new public art commissions and... Read More