Major US art event explores the bonds between art and science

Indigenous artist Kite

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PST ART: Art & science collide
Multi-venue, Southern California
Closes 16 February 2025

The myth of the irreconcilably divided worlds of art and science is still alive. But it’s nonsense, says Joan Weinstein, director of the Getty Foundation – the two have always been intertwined. She stresses this in her role as chief architect of PST ART: Art & science collide, a programme of over 70 exhibitions in Southern California over the next three months designed to interrogate the bonds between the two.

In 2017, Weinstein began talking to museum directors about the theme. “Everyone started sparking…