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Exhibitions


Temporary and ongoing exhibitions can be seen in the Library Exhibition Hall, Huntington Art Gallery, Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art, and Botanical Flora-Legium. The Boone Gallery also hosts temporary exhibitions.

Exhibition Archive

Temporary

A painted portrait of a man with white hair wearing a blue tank top.
Exhibition

Don Bachardy: A Life in Portraits

April 12, 2025–Aug. 4, 2025

“Don Bachardy: A Life in Portraits,” a retrospective exhibition on the prolific Los Angeles artist, will feature more than 100 works of art and archival materials spanning over 70 years.

A large sculpture in a garden, created with charred wood and ceramics.
Exhibition

Mineo Mizuno: Homage to Nature

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.

Detail view of an immersive art installation with a wooden canoe and various found objects.
Exhibition

Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

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.

Ongoing

replica of the Red Car
Exhibition

Mapel Orientation Gallery

Travel back in time and meet founder Henry E. Huntington, see a Red Car replica, grab a themed tour guide, create your own masterpiece, and even take a selfie with the Blue Boy!

Remarkable Works, Remarkable Times
Exhibition

Remarkable Works, Remarkable Times

The Huntington Library’s extraordinary holdings of 12 million items reveal an infinite number of stories. The works on display give voice to some of the collection’s depth and breadth in the culture and history of North America, the British Isles, continental Europe, the Atlantic world, and the Pacific Rim.

b/w photo of woman with beaded necklaces
Exhibition

Borderlands

A portion of The Huntington’s American art collection is contextualized with contributions from contemporary artists in “Borderlands,” a new permanent collections installation that explores a more expansive view of American art history.

Red Earth graphic
Exhibition

Red Earth by Lita Albuquerque

Installed near the southern entrance to the Japanese Garden, Lita Albuquerque’s Red Earth features an approximately 6-by-4-foot rock slab coated with bright red pigment and surrounded by bamboo.

Upcoming

An artist works on an intricate ink landscape depicting trees, rocks, and a stream.
Exhibition

Wang Mansheng: Without Us

May 17, 2025–Aug. 4, 2025

This immersive installation explores the interconnectedness of all living beings. Combining contemporary art and classical Chinese conceptions of nature, its 22 hand-painted silk panels invite visitors into a luminous landscape.