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The Huntington to Present Major Exhibition on Sargent Claude Johnson

Opening Feb. 17, 2024, The Huntington will produce a major exhibition and companion book on the California-based Black artist Sargent Claude Johnson, whose powerful works—masks, portrait busts, and figural sculptures created in the 1920s and 1930s—have become emblems of the Harlem Renaissance. This will be the first exhibition devoted to Johnson in over 25 years.

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New Curator of Western American History Named

Josh Garrett-Davis has been appointed as the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western American History. Garrett-Davis, who joins The Huntington on Oct. 31, has served for the past seven years as the Gamble Curator of Western History, Popular Culture, and Firearms at the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles.

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To Hass and Hass Not: Avocados at The Huntington and Beyond

In 1905, Henry E. Huntington asked his superintendent of grounds, William Hertrich, if it was possible to grow an avocado orchard in the Ranch Garden. Hertrich replied that if Huntington was willing to finance it, he would be willing to make the experiment. More than a century later, the avocado experiment continues, linking many communities and expanding our understanding of plant science.

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Vincent Lugo and the Monsters of La Laguna

Vincent Lugo, whose family papers are at The Huntington, helped build the beloved La Laguna de San Gabriel playground, also known as “Monster Park.” The so-called monsters are play sculptures of an octopus called Ozzie, a whale known as Minnie, and a starfish named Stella, among other smiling sea creatures.

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