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News Release - Exhibition to Reveal Abstract Painter Frederick Hammersley's Unique Creative Process, Meticulously Outlined in Personal Archives

Thu., July 20, 2017
A fall exhibition at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens on the American abstract artist Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) showcases his sketchbooks, notebooks, inventories, and vibrant color swatches to illuminate the painstaking process the artist used to create his hard-edge geometric paintings.
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Press Release - Tiffany Favrile Glass: Masterworks from the Collection of Stanley and Dolores Sirott

Tue., July 18, 2017
Thirty-two exquisite glass vases designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, on loan from a private collection, will be featured in an exhibition opening this fall at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
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Press Release - Seven Artists to Interact with The Huntington's Collections in Exhibition and Public Programs This Fall

Mon., June 26, 2017
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will present new work and related programming this fall by seven artists who conducted research in The Huntington’s collections during the second year of a five-year initiative called /five, which this year is based on the theme of “collecting” and “collections.”
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Press Release - Huntington Exhibition Marks the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation

Mon., June 19, 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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Press Release - Rare, Important George Tooker Painting and a Neo-Renaissance Portrait Join The Huntington's Collections

Mon., May 22, 2017
At its annual meeting this spring, the Art Collectors’ Council of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens voted to acquire a major painting by George Tooker (1920-2011), exemplar of the American “Magic Realist” group who was best known for capturing the angst of alienated urban dwellers
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Press Release - Sweeping International Loan Exhibition to Explore Images of Latin American Nature From the Late 1400s to the Mid-1800s

Mon., April 24, 2017
A sweeping international loan exhibition at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will explore how the depiction of Latin American nature contributed to art and science between the late 1400s and the mid-1800s.
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Statement by the Board of Trustees of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

Wed., March 29, 2017
Dr. Laura Skandera Trombley is the newest recipient of the Louis J. Budd Award, awarded for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Twain Scholarship. She will immediately commence her next book-length study of Mark Twain.
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Press Release - Chad Alligood Named Chief Curator of American Art at The Huntington

Sat., March 11, 2017
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that Chad Alligood, curator at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., has been named Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art. Alligood, who joins The Huntington in late April, will oversee a growing collection
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Press Release - The Huntington Store and thehuntingtonstore.org Offer Exclusive Gifts for Father's Day

Fri., Feb. 24, 2017
For the shopper looking for a unique Father’s Day gift, the Huntington Store is filled with thoughtfully curated items inspired by holdings of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
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Press Release - Exhibition on Octavia E. Butler to Explore Life and Work of Celebrated Science Fiction Author

Fri., Feb. 17, 2017
A new exhibition opening this spring at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens examines the life and work of celebrated author Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), the first science fiction writer to receive a prestigious MacArthur “genius” award and the first African-American woman to win
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Press Release - Huntington and LACMA Jointly Acquire Two Donald Judd Prototype Chairs

Mon., Feb. 13, 2017
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced today their joint acquisition of two prototype chairs (1979–80) made by American artist Donald Judd (1928–1994).
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Press Release - The Huntington Selects Women’s Center for Creative Work for “Five” Collaboration

Thu., Feb. 9, 2017
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today it will partner with the Los Angeles-based Women’s Center for Creative Work for the second year of its “Five” initiative. “Five” pairs The Huntington with five different organizations over five years, bringing contemporary artists to respond