Even Before LA’s Destructive Blazes, This Museum Show Was Rethinking Our Relationship to Fire

Last month, a series of wildfires devastated the Greater Los Angeles region, leading to immense loss. Blocks and blocks of homes in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades are gone, generational homes and artist studios among them. At least 29 people died, with the death toll expected to rise, according to CBS News.The fires interrupted just about every aspect of LA’s art scene—including the Getty Foundation’s PST ART initiative, which opened last September and saw more than 60 exhi