Fall is a busy time in the art world, as galleries regroup after summer break and museums unveil new blockbuster exhibitions. But this season brings added excitement in Los Angeles, with the kick-off of PST ART: Art & Science Collide marking the latest chapter in the Getty’s sprawling PST initiative taking place at over 70 venues all over the Southland.

Other invigorating shows around the city include a survey of Christina Ramberg’s hard-edged eroticism at the Hammer Museum, Fred Tomaselli’s dazzling painted and collaged works at the Laguna Art Museum, and Raqib Shaw’s painstakingly detailed scenes taking their cue from history paintings and ornament traditions from across the world.

Read more in our list of shows to see in Los Angeles this fall

At Home: Alice Neel in the Queer World
Edited by Hilton Als

Alice Neel's unstinting engagement with the lives of those around her resulted in an inclusive oeuvre. This aspect of queer representation in her work is explored for the first time in this new catalogue from David Zwirner Books. The eponymous exhibition opens at David Zwirner Los Angeles on September 7.

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