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News Release - Huntington Exhibition will Focus on Rare 19th-Century Astronomical Prints
Tue., Jan. 16, 2018
A rare set of exquisite lithographs, depicting the pastel drawings of planets, comets, eclipses and other celestial wonders by artist/astronomer Étienne Léopold Trouvelot (1827–1895), takes center stage in late April
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News Release - Frederick Hammersley Exhibition Will Travel to New Mexico Museum of Art
Wed., Jan. 10, 2018
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens and the New Mexico Museum of Art announced today that "Frederick Hammersley: To Paint without Thinking," an exhibition on view at The Huntington through Jan. 22, will travel to the New Mexico venue, where it will be on view from May 26...
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Joint News Release - The National Trust for Historic Preservation Receives Donation of Iconic Southern California Historic Estate and Gardens
Tue., Jan. 9, 2018
Today the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced a gift by Charles and Geneva Thornton of their historic home and gardens in San Marino, California. The gift includes a substantial endowment for the preservation and maintenance of the ten-acre estate.
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News Release - Board of Trustees News: Anne Rothenberg Retires; Loren Rothschild Elected Chair; Wendy Munger Elected as New Trustee
Tue., Jan. 9, 2018
Anne Rothenberg, chair of the Board of Trustees for The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, has announced her retirement from the Board, effective Jan. 1, 2018; Trustee Loren Rothschild will succeed her as chair.
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News Release - Trove of Works on Paper by Sculptor Henry Moore Joins The Huntington's Collections
Thu., Dec. 14, 2017
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired a major collection of graphic art by Henry Moore (1898–1986), the most prominent British sculptor of the 20th-century.
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News Release - Exhibition of New Work by Emerging Artists Responding to The Huntington's Collections to Open Nov. 18
Thu., Nov. 9, 2017
An exhibition opening next week at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will present a fresh, vibrant group of new works by seven artists responding to research they conducted in The Huntington's vast collections over the past year.
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News Release - Exhibition Marking the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation Opens Oct. 28
Wed., Oct. 11, 2017
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation with an exhibition that explores the power of the written word as a mechanism for radical change.
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Sandra L. Brooke, Princeton Librarian, Appointed Avery Director of the Library at The Huntington
Wed., Sept. 20, 2017
Sandra Ludig Brooke, Librarian of the Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University, has been named the Avery Director of the Library at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, The Huntington's Interim President, Steve Hindle, announced today.
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News Release - Harvest Moon Celebration to be Held Oct. 3
Thu., Aug. 31, 2017
Guests can experience the sights, sounds, and flavors of a traditional Chinese festival on Tuesday, Oct. 3, during the annual Harvest Moon Celebration at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
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News Release - Major Huntington Exhibition “Visual Voyages” and Array of Related Programing Set to Begin Sept. 16
Wed., Aug. 23, 2017
A sweeping international loan exhibition at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens opens on Sept. 16, 2017 to explore how the depiction of Latin American nature contributed to art and science from the late 1400s to the mid-1800s.
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News Release - Phillip E. Bloom Named New Curator of the Chinese Garden at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Mon., Aug. 7, 2017
Phillip E. Bloom has been named the new curator of the Chinese Garden and Director of the Center for East Asian Garden Studies at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. The appointment was made official today, according to James Folsom, the Telleen/Jorgensen Director of the Botanical Gardens.
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News Release - Iconic Blue Boy to be Subject of Major Two-Year Conservation Project, with an Exhibition Opening in 2018
Thu., Aug. 3, 2017
One of the most famous paintings in British and American history, The Blue Boy, made around 1770 by English painter Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788), will undergo its first major technical examination and conservation treatment.