Contemporary Art Meets Science at PST LA
This January, join Artful on an exclusive 4-day trip to Los Angeles. The excursion will feature programming from PST Art—a series of exhibitions and public events throughout Los Angeles exploring connections between art and science, and how this convergence can help us address some of the most urgent problems of our time. We will enjoy curator-led tours of exhibitions with themes related to Indigenous knowledge, the climate crisis, and novel approaches to environmental activism. Throughout the trip, we will get to know the best of LA's contemporary art scene through exclusive receptions at galleries, artist studios, and private collections, with a focus on underrepresented artists. Private visits to mega-galleries like Hauser & Wirth will be complemented with visits to galleries known for their rosters of emerging and mid-career talent, like Various Small Fires and Nazarian / Curcio.
A particularly special visit to the private collection of Shulamit Nazarian, co-founder of the eponymous gallery Nazarian / Curcio. Our studio visits will be equally sensational and will include the likes of Catherine Opie, Amir Fallah, and Ken Gun Min.
Our meals will feature a combination of fine dining and casual, laid-back bites, all while embracing the diversity of LA's culinary landscape. Venues will be announced closer to the trip and will include some of Los Angeles' hardest-to-book restaurants, like the elegant a. o. c. wine cellar, Hauser's Manuela, and the effortlessly chic Osteria Mozza. Other meals will tend towards the more casual, like K-Town favorites and catered museum lunches.
Guests will stay at the Prospect Hollywood, a luxurious 4-star property housed in a 1939 Hollywood Regency-style building. Dubbed by Condé Nast "the perfect hotel," the Prospect offers top-notch amenities and convenient access to the city's premier galleries, collections, and dining.
Your Artful tour contact is Latasha Thomas (latasha@artfuljaunts.com or 781-658-2270, office phone).
All programming may change and is subject to availability of hosts, collectors and artists.
Individual arrivals throughout the morning. Check-in to the Prospect Hollywood. Program begins at 3PM in the hotel lobby. Tour of the grounds and Robert Irwin gardens plus PST exhibition. Private collection visit with cocktails. Patrons will dine independantly. Visit the UCLA Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption (PST). Visit the Hammer Museum: Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden. We will dine at Lulu in the Hammer Museum. We will continue at UCLA to visit the Mildred Mathias Botanical Garden and the Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art (PST). Visit the home of an top collector. An amazing dinner at Park's Korean BBQ. Visit with artists focused on the environment. Visit LA's new destination Sankofa Park celebrating Black Los Angeles. At a local business focused on farm-to-table cuisine. Visit the studio of artist Doug Aitken. Guided visit at the Broad Museum for the exhibition Social Forest:Oaks of Tovaangar (PST). Italian cuisine at ll Pastaio. Visit Hollywood galleries covering current exhibitions. Enjoy lunch at the Huntington Tea Room. Visit The Huntington Museum for a tour of the PST exhibition, Borderlands, with Artists Enrique Martinez Celaya, and Japanese or Chinese gardens. Armory Center For the Arts exhibition From the Ground Up: Nurturing Diversity in Hostile Environments (PST). Visit the studio of Catherine Opie or Eamon Ore-Giron. Subject to availability. Location TBD. Individual departures at your leisure. Day 1
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Arrivals
Check-In
Getty Center
Private Collection
Dining at Leisure
Day 2
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Museum visit
Museum visit
Lunch
Museum Visit
Private Collection
Dinner
Day 3
Friday, January 31, 2025
Studio Visit
Outdoor Destination
Lunch
Studio Visit
Museum Visit
Dinner
Day 4
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Art Galleries
Lunch
Museum visit
Museum visit
Studio visit
Final Dinner
Day 5
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Departures
Price
- $3,950 per person in a double occupancy room
- $4,490 per person in a single occupancy room
Inclusions
- Accommodations Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night at The Prospect Hollywood
- Entry to all studios, museums, and fairs, featuring an exclusive behind-the-scenes selection of PST exhibitions
- Meals and cocktail programs from Wednesday evening through Saturday dinner, featuring dining inspired by local flavors and specialities.
- All travel to studios, museums, and exhibits from hotel.
- All fees and gratuities, including baggage porter services.
Exclusions
- Breakfast is not included in the program.
- Please note, flights, airport transfers and hotel parking is not provided with our programming.
Payment and Cancellation Policy
- 50% of trip price is due with registration; 50% is due sixty days prior to the trip's start date
- This trip is limited to 20 guests and your booking is requested by December 6, 2024. A minimum of 14 guests is required to operate this trip.
- No refund will be provided for cancellations within sixty days of the trip's start date. If the museum has another patron to fill a spot a substitution will be allowed. After the trip has commenced, no refunds are available, even if the client does not partake in all of the trip's activities or leaves the trip early. We highly recommend trip insurance offered when booking.
Arrival Recommendations
- Plan to arrive by noon for a ~3pm start on the 15th. The trip programming ends with dinner on the 18th allowing patrons to depart at their own convenience on the 19th.
