IN A MULTIFACETED effort, The Broad presents a free exhibition, an offsite public reforestation project, and a program series inspired by Joseph Beuys’s art and environmental advocacy. The exhibition Joseph Beuys: In Defense of Nature coincides with the reforestation initiative Social Forest: Oaks of Tovaangar. The dual projects, part of the Getty’s landmark regional event PST ART: Art & Science Collide, present Beuys’s work and practice as more urgent than ever in light of continued global warming. In Defense of Nature presents more than 400 artworks that illuminate Beuys’s practice as a model for environmental action. The Social Forest initiative echoes its appeals, emphasizing the social and environmental context of Los Angeles today; it encompasses the planting of 100 native trees, mostly coast live oaks, in Elysian Park and at Kuruvungna Village Springs in West L.A. 221 S. Grand Ave., downtown, 213.232.6200, thebroad.org

From the pages of Performances Magazine, December 2025. 

At the Broad: Elysian Park in Los Angeles, focus of Social Forest, and, inset, Joseph Beuys, Rhine Water Polluted View 1. The initiative and exhibition are dually highlighted as part of the Getty’s landmark PST ART: Art & Science Collide.
Photo Elon Schoenholz Photography; inset, Joshua White.