The Getty Foundation announced a $3.1-million round of grants to support an ambitious group of exhibitions devoted to post-World War II art in Southern California, reports the Los Angeles Times.

“Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945-1980,” is scheduled to open in fall 2011 in more than two dozen museums and galleries. Getty had already committed $3.6-million to the project, which has been in the works since 2002.

In other arts news, the Los Angeles Opera unveiled a trimmed-back schedule for 2010-11, its 25th season, the Times reports.

The opera will present 42 performances of six productions, down from peaks of 75 performances and 10 productions in 2006 and 2007. The opera has struggled with the financial demands of its upcoming production of Wagner’s Ring cycle and last month took a $14-million emergency loan from Los Angeles County.

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