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The Getty Foundation has started to distribute research grants for the third edition of the multi-venue exhibition series Pacific Standard Time in 2024, awarding $5.38m to 45 cultural, educational, and scientific institutions throughout Southern California to start preparing shows on the theme of art and science.
“We couldn t be more pleased at the inventive ways that the institutions engaged with the themes, from multiple projects that explore Indigenous knowledge systems, to projects that bring together artists and scientists to imagine new sustainable futures,” says Joan Weinstein, the director of the Getty Foundation. “This comes at an interesting moment that will allow us to exert the validity of science at a time when it’s been under siege, but at the same time, many of these projects question the neutrality and objectivity of science, and
Indigenous futurism. Narrative medicine. Cyberpunk and digital dystopias. Soil contamination. Environmentally sustainable mega-cities.
These and other topics will be explored in “Pacific Standard Time: Art x Science x L.A.” in 2024. The Getty Foundation announced Wednesday the 45 Southern California cultural and educational institutions that will collectively receive more than $5 million in exhibition research grants. “Pacific Standard Time: Art x Science x L.A.” will include dozens of concurrent exhibitions as well as performances, publications and other programming, all exploring the intersection of art and science.
The funding comes at a critical time when most of these cultural institutions have been closed for 10 months, resulting in unprecedented financial challenges. In November, the American Alliance of Museums released a survey reporting that nearly a third of museums in the U.S. were concerned about permanent closure within 12 months should they not receive addit
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