Los Angeles Arts & Culture News: Fall 2024
The Voice of Chandigarh News:
Los Angeles Tourism invites you to experience the cultural explosion of events, exhibits and future openings that are redefining the city’s art scene. Los Angeles, and the surrounding region, will come together for Southern California’s landmark arts event, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, kicking off on September 15th with 70+ gallery and museum exhibitions opening concurrently across the city. The Destination Crenshaw project continues to take shape in South LA, while the surrounding neighborhood offers a cultural hub of arts organizations, galleries and dining to visit in the area. Lastly, the city’s major cultural institutions are debuting significant expansions– including The Natural History Museum, LACMA, The Broad, and the Lucas Museum.
“Los Angeles is renowned for our museums and cultural institutions, but this year brings a level of collaboration and innovation that can’t be missed,” shared Adam Burke LA Tourism President and CEO. “PST ART, one of the nation’s premier cultural events, the highly anticipated debut of Destination Crenshaw, the world’s most vibrant street art scene, and all the groundbreaking developments happening within our museum community are just a few ways LA continues to cement its position as a global cultural destination.”
Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide Throughout L.A. Neighborhoods and beyond September 2024 through February 2025
Presented by Getty, PST ART returns to Los Angeles and the wider Southern California area this September for the first time in 7 years with the theme Art & Science Collide. The program will explore past and present connections between art and science and topics from climate change and environmental justice to the future of artificial intelligence and alternative medicine. Over 70+ exhibitions and over 800 artists are participating, providing ample opportunities to explore art across the city. PST ART: Art & Science Collide will begin on September 15 with a newly commissioned, arena-scale daytime fireworks event by Cai Guo-Qiang, the contemporary artist known for larger-than-life outdoor “explosion events.”
Exhibitions, shows, installations and more will be on view September 15, 2024, through February 16, 2025. Abstracted Light: Experimental Photography, opening at the Getty Museum, spotlights photographic works by international artists utilizing experimental light exposures. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Wilshire’s Museum Row will explore science fiction and cinema with Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema. The UCLA Department of Media Arts will collaborate with Human Resources gallery in Chinatown to share Art and the Internet in L.A., exploring the historical impact of the internet through contemporary art. In Downtown L.A., the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) will dedicate gallery space to the interactive works of Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, including a new, large-scale installation to anchor the exhibition. Explore all exhibitions and programs by neighborhood or theme here and map out your gallery crawl with a full list of galleries included in the PST ART Participating Gallery Program here.
Getty also announced the inauguration of a Climate Impact Program in conjunction with PST ART, offering an opportunity at an unprecedented scale for institutions to build community, unite in climate action, and test and study sustainable exhibition practices while fostering collaboration on minimizing environmental impact within the museum field.
Destination Crenshaw Adds 1.3 Miles of Art to South LA, Connecting Neighborhoods, Shops, and Iconic Restaurants
The Destination Crenshaw project is poised to be a significant public space celebrating Black culture and expression in the heart of South LA. 1.3 miles of the corridor along Crenshaw Boulevard are being transformed into an impressive streetscape with newly planted trees, pocket parks, and commissioned works of art that will be completed on a rolling basis throughout the next year. Destination Crenshaw will be one of the largest commissioning projects ever undertaken for Black artists, featuring large-scale sculptural works by Charles Dickson, Melvin Edwards, Maren Hassinger, and more. One cornerstone of the project is the 800-foot Crenshaw Wall, debuting the mural The Saga Continues, created by RTN Crew. A larger-than-life mural by Los Angeles artist Anthony “Toons One” Martin was revealed earlier this summer as one of the project’s first artworks. A ten-story mural by the United to Inspire Collective in homage to Charles White’s Mother and Child series will be unveiled in the fall.
South LA’s Crenshaw neighborhood includes historic landmarks and is surrounded by communities such as Baldwin Hills, Baldwin Village, Hyde Park, View Park, and the bustling Leimert Park Village, a cultural hub filmmaker John Singleton once called the “Black Greenwich Village.” Round out a day exploring the Crenshaw District by visiting nearby arts organizations, including Art + Practice, The World Stage, and Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center. Don’t forget to grab a bite at one of the Crenshaw District’s wonderful dining options, including Dulan’s on Crenshaw, Post & Beam, World Wide Tacos, Phillips Bar-B-Que, Ora, and Harun Coffee.
LA’s Largest Cultural Institutions Look to the Future
Across the city, some of our most prominent museums have been steadily expanding and getting makeovers, while new ones are being built from scratch; a signifier that arts and culture remain a commitment for LA’s future. This November, the Natural History Museum will welcome visitors to their new wing, NHM Commons, an indoor-outdoor space celebrating the intersection of nature and culture that features a new 400-seat theater, a cafe, and landmark mural by L.A. artist Barbara Carrasco, titled L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective. LACMA is continuing the construction of its David Geffen Galleries, a two-story structure equipped with galleries, theaters, classrooms, events and even a restaurant. Meanwhile downtown, The Broad’s recently announced expansion will unveil 55,000 square feet of new courtyards, gallery space and flexible live programming spaces for concerts and performance works ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games hosted in Los Angeles. Along with these massive expansions, the Lucas Museum of Narrative art continues to take shape in Exposition Park and will feature all forms of visual narrative, including paintings, sculptures, photography, videos, performance, and installations, all with a connective thread of storytelling.
