SoCal museums in September: ‘PST ART: Art & Science Collide’ and more

The Getty’s region-wide Pacific Standard Time initiative returns — reborn — as “PST ART” featuring exhibitions, events and performances at institutions all around Southern California

Nancy Baker Cahill, “CORPUS,” augmented-reality sculpture (Hammer Museum)

Welcome to a new edition of TV or Not TV’s monthly roundup of new and noteworthy exhibitions and events, as well as continuing shows, at museums all around Southern California.

The galleries are now open…

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New and upcoming

American Museum of Ceramic Art “Strut,” sculpture and photographs by Christina A. West exploring representations of the male body, Sept. 7 thru Jan. 26. Also on view: “Architectural Pottery: Ceramics for a Modern Landscape,” thru March 2; “A Traveler’s Guide to Mettlach: Villeroy and Boch,” thru June 2025. AMoCA, 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. Open Fridays-Sundays. $7-$14; 12 and younger, free. (909) 865-3146. amoca.org

The Autry “Future Imaginaries: Indigenous Art, Fashion, Technology,” an exploration of Futurism in contemporary Indigenous art, Sept. 7 thru June 21, 2026. Also on view. “Out of Site: Survey Science and the Hidden West,” “KYDOIMOS: The Din of Battle,” and Nancy Baker Cahill’s AR project “Mushroom Cloud,” thru Jan. 5.; “Stirs Up the Dust,” futuristic images by Wendy Red Star, thru 2025; “ReVOlt 1680/2180: Sirens & Sikas,” futuristic site-specific installation by Virgil Ortiz, thru Oct. 18, 2026. Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park, L.A. Closed Mondays. $8-$16; members and children 2 and younger, free. (323) 667-2000. theautry.org

Brand Library & Art Center “Blended Worlds: Experiments in Interplanetary Imagination,” exhibition co-presented by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory features collaborations between artists and scientists, Sept. 21 thru Jan. 4. Brand Library, 1601 W. Mountain St., Glendale. Closed Sunday-Monday and holidays. Free. brandlibrary.org

California African American Museum “World Without End: The George Washington Carver Project,” spotlighting the artistic side of the groundbreaking agricultural scientist and inventor, Sept. 18 thru March 2. Also on view: “Simone Leigh,” thru Jan. 20; “We Are Not Strangers Here: African American Histories in Rural California,” thru Feb. 2; “Tatyana Fazlalizadeh: Speaking to Falling Seeds,” thru Aug. 3. CAAM, 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, L.A. Free. (213) 744-7432. caamuseum.org

Craft Contemporary “Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design,” Sept. 28 thru Jan. 5. Also on view: “Kyungmi Shin: Origin Stories,” “3B Collective: Highway Hypnosis” and “We Carry the Land” thru Sept. 8. Craft Contemporary, 5814 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. Closed Mondays. $7, $9; veterans, active military and ages 12 and under, free; Sundays, pay what you wish. (323) 937-4230. craftcontemporary.org

Craft in America Center “Erik and Martin Demaine: Puzzling with Paper” and “Lorraine Bubar: Papercut Perspectives,” Sept. 14 thru Jan. 4. Craft in America, 8415 W. 3rd St., L.A. Closed Sundays-Mondays. Free. (323) 951-0610. craftinamerica.org