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Press Release - Contemporary Art by Alex Israel to Be Installed in Historic Huntington Art Gallery, in Site-Specific Intervention
Thu., Nov. 5, 2015
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it will stage an intervention in its historic Huntington Art Gallery of works by Alex Israel, one of the most recognizable emerging artists on the contemporary art stage.
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Press Release - The Huntington, UC Riverside Forge Bold Partnership to Support The Humanities
Wed., Oct. 14, 2015
In a bold move to support the future of the humanities in the United States, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens and the University of California, Riverside have launched a new program aimed at increasing the number of faculty members in the humanities at public research universities
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Press Release - Exhibition of Y.C. Hong Archive Materials to Go on View at The Huntington This Fall
Tue., Aug. 11, 2015
A new exhibition at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens examining Chinese-American immigration in early 20th-century Los Angeles goes on view this fall in the Library, West Hall. The name You Chung (“Y.C.”) Hong (1898–1977) still elicits respect and pride among longtime residents of Los Angeles’ Chinatown.
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Press Release - Exhibition of American Impressionism Coming to The Huntington
Tue., Aug. 11, 2015
“The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920” is set to open at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens on Jan. 23, 2016—the only West Coast stop on a five-venue tour. The Huntington will be showcasing a hand-picked selection of 17 paintings
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Press Release - The Year Ahead: Huntington Exhibitions to Examine What It Means to Be American
Tue., Aug. 11, 2015
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today a diverse slate of upcoming exhibitions united by a broad common theme—the concept of what it is to be American and how both national and international influences have shaped American culture.
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Press Release - Artists' Interpretations of Crowds Explored in Huntington Exhibition Opening This Fall
Tue., June 9, 2015
A focused loan exhibition at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will explore the various ways in which American artists have represented crowds in modern urban life. “A World of Strangers: Crowds in American Art” is on view from Oct. 17, 2015, to April 4, 2016, in the...
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Press Release - Traveling Exhibition of Botanical Illustrations Comes to The Huntington June 13
Wed., May 13, 2015
The eccentric beauty of the plant kingdom will be celebrated in a traveling exhibition of contemporary botanical illustrations running June 13–Aug. 23, 2015 (Saturdays and Sundays only), at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
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Press Release - Huntington Acquires New Sculpture and Paintings to Fill Gaps in American Collection; Announces Further Expansion of American Art Galleries
Wed., April 29, 2015
The Huntington’s Art Collectors’ Council purchased two 1936 paintings—Burlesque by Milton Avery and Irises (The Sentinels) by Pasadena artist Helen Lundeberg—as well as a ceramic sculpture, Head of a Boy, by Sargent Claude Johnson, for the American art galleries at its 21st annual meeting April 11.
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Press Release - Huntington Exhibition Commemorates Magna Carta’s 800th Anniversary, Explores the Establishment of the Rule of Law
Wed., March 11, 2015
In commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will explore the origins and trace the establishment of Magna Carta and the rule of law with an exhibition drawn exclusively from its world-class holdings
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Press Release - Countdown Begins for the Grand Opening of the Steven S. Koblik Education and Visitor Center
Thu., March 5, 2015
The new Steven S. Koblik Education and Visitor Center will open to the public on April 4, 2015, offering the 600,000 annual visitors to The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens a dramatically improved experience, replete with six and a half acres of gardens interspersed with beautiful facilities
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Press Release - Violinist Cho-Liang Lin Named 2015 Artist-in-Residence at The Huntington
Tue., Feb. 17, 2015
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens has named internationally acclaimed violinist Cho-Liang Lin as its artist-in-residence for 2015. The musical residency is presented under the auspices of the Cheng Family Visiting Artist Program
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Press Release - The Huntington Purchases Rare Pasteur, Austen Family, and “Wicked Ned” Collections
Tue., Jan. 27, 2015
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens added important rare material to its history of science collection recently: handwritten research notes by Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) on the brewing of beer, furthering the scientist’s understanding of the fermentation process