Sangre de Nopal/Blood of the Nopal: Tanya Aguiñiga & Porfirio Gutiérrez en Conversación/in Conversation examines the intersection of art and science within the Indigenous Oaxacan diaspora. On view through Jan. 12, 2025.

Getty Museum PST ART exhibitions explore the many ways light impacts artists and their work—bending and refracting it, directing it through lenses, and freezing it in time. At the Research Institute, encounter collaborations between artists and engineers. Check out the website for more information!

Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice. The lungs of our planet—oceans, forests, and the atmosphere—are under threat, invaded by carbon emissions, plastics, and man-made pollutants. The act of breathing was rendered even more perilous by the COVID-19 pandemic and police brutality. Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice considers the connections between climate change, environmental justice, and social justice through the lens of contemporary art. On view Sep. 14 - Jan. 5, 2025.

A Veiled Gazelle - Intimations of the Infinite and Eternal. A Veiled Gazelle uses experiential environments, three-dimensional films, and miniatures of sites from Spain and Morocco to teach visitors about the artistic and intellectual underpinnings of Islamic architecture. On view Sep. 26 - Sep.1, 2025.

Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time, and Technology. Artists Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg draw inspiration from dendrochronology (the science of tree-ring dating) and Artificial Intelligence to re-examine human narratives and their relationship to nature. On view Oct. 17 - Mar. 2, 2025.

Counter/ Surveillance: Control, Privacy, Agency. The exhibition presents an overview of Cold War-era surveillance practices using historical artifacts and artworks from the Wende Museum and other collections, including facial recognition training materials used by East German border guards in the 1970s and 1980s. On view Oct. 12 - Apr. 6, 2025

Science Fiction Against the Margins. Science Fiction Against the Margins explores what happens when the science fiction genre extends outside of Hollywood and into independent and international filmmaking productions that illuminate cultural difference, political injustice, and social inequality. On view Oct. 4 - Dec. 14.

Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World. Wonders of Creation investigates intersections of art and science in Islamic intellectual and visual culture from the 7th century to the present day through the lens of wonder as defined by a celebrated 13th-century Islamic illustrated encyclopedia. On view Sep.7 - Jan. 5, 2025

Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption. Immersive, interactive installations, live performances, and videos by 13 artists—including Bill Fontana’s site-specific installation Silent Echoes - Notre Dame; Katie Grinnan’s sound sculptures; Iman Person’s Memory Garden; on-campus sound walks by Anna Nacher; and performances by artists such as Patricia Cadavid, Amber Stucke, and Sholeh Asgary. Sep. 14 - May 31, 2025.

Social Forest: Oaks of Tovaangar is inspired by Joseph Beuys’s influential work 7000 Eichen (7000 Oaks). Beuys’s action began in 1982 and involved planting 7,000 trees accompanied by stone markers throughout Kassel, Germany as a means to collectively reckon with the traumas of World War II. On view Nov. 16 - Apr. 16, 2025