Calendar

Nov. 11, 2023–Nov. 30, 2027 | Renowned American artist Betye Saar’s large-scale work “Drifting Toward Twilight”—commissioned by The Huntington—is a site-specific installation that features a 17-foot-long vintage wooden canoe and found objects, including birdcages, antlers, and natural materials harvested by Saar from The Huntington’s grounds.

Explore 3 acres of fragrant blooming roses in the Rose Garden, one of The Huntington’s original and most iconic gardens; the Shakespeare Garden; and the Dorothy Collins Brown Garden.

May 25, 2024–May 25, 2029 | This site-specific work explores the fragility of the Earth’s ecosystem, as well as the destruction of the forest and its potential for regeneration. The sculpture celebrates the beauty of wood in its natural state and emphasizes its potential as a reusable and renewable resource.

Sept. 14, 2024–Jan. 6, 2025 | This exhibition displays 24 artworks and a participatory exercise highlighting how Chinese gardens have served as transformative spaces for growing and contemplating plants, encouraging visitors to view their gardens as sources of delight, nourishment, and inspiration.

Sept. 14, 2024–Jan. 6, 2025 | “Storm Cloud” analyzes the impact of industrialization and a globalized economy on everyday life from 1780 to 1930, as charted by scientists, artists, and writers, and contextualizes the current climate crisis within this historical framework.

Experience high-definition chamber music with thrilling performances by virtuosic musicians.

Enjoy traditional Chinese music Wednesday afternoons in the Garden of Flowing Fragrance.

近距離觀賞流芳園寓意齋中的展覽，與漢庭頓圖講解人員探討中國古代文人在園林中的思考與實踐。/ Take a close look at the exhibition “Growing and Knowing” in the Studio for Lodging the Mind and enjoy a Mandarin discussion with a Huntington educator about the ideas and practices of historical Chinese scholars in their gardens.

In the fall of 1875, a policeman discovered the bodies of four Italian immigrants hidden in the cellar of a ramshackle house in Denver. In this lecture, Megan Kate Nelson, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and the 2024–2025 Rogers Distinguished Fellow, draws from her current book project and explores the subsequent investigation.

This conference will explore the relationship between humans and the natural world throughout the 19th century, as charted in the work of writers and visual artists. As industrialization altered landscapes and people’s lives, developing sciences offered revelations about Earth and the interconnected fragility of the climate and our species.