After facing devastating wildfires, Los Angeles is slowly recovering, but the recent exhibitions by the Getty Foundation raise unsettling connections to climate crises. The exhibition 'Storm Cloud,' positioned as a reflection on climate change, depicts the origins of the crisis linked to industrial advancement in the 19th century, revealing how art can foreshadow real-world disasters. The Getty's PST ART initiative, funded with $20 million for 84 exhibitions across Southern California, emphasizes the vital ties between art, science, and ecology, as communities confront an altered ecological landscape.
The initiative by the Getty Foundation, a generous patron that has given away $20 million to finance 84 exhibitions throughout Southern California, follows a thematic thread connecting art, science, and ecology. This connection underscores the urgency of addressing climate change and the cultural responses it elicits.
Some exhibitions of Pacific Standard Time, especially Storm Cloud at the Huntington Library, eerily predicted disaster, illustrating the deep roots of the current climate crisis in historical industrialization.
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