Past Exhibitions
The Hilton Als Series: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Jan. 25, 2020–May 11, 2020 | Five studies of fictional characters by contemporary artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye create a dialogue with The Huntington's collection of formal 18th-century British portraits in this exhibition curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hilton Als.
Beautiful Science: Ideas that Changed the World
"Beautiful Science" features hundreds of artifacts that tell the stories of the breakthroughs, discoveries, and people at the forefront of astronomy, natural history, medicine, and light.
Beside the Edge of the World
Nov. 9, 2019–Feb. 24, 2020 | Five artists create works based on The Huntington's collections investigating ideas of perfection using Thomas More's satirical work Utopia (1516).
Apariciones/Apparitions
Aug. 17, 2019–Feb. 17, 2020 | Apariciones /Apparitions is a video by acclaimed Los Angeles artist Carolina Caycedo that reconceptualizes iconic Huntington spaces through Afro-Latinx and indigenous spiritual practices.
What Now: Collecting for the Library in the 21st Century, Part 1
Oct. 19, 2019–Feb. 17, 2020 | This two-part exhibition explores The Huntington's role in documenting the human experience through more than 100 items from the Library collections.
Nineteen Nineteen
Sep. 21, 2019–Jan. 20, 2020 | This Centennial exhibition examines The Huntington as an institution through its founding during the tumultuous year of 1919 with objects drawn from its library and art collections.
John Ruskin and His “Frenemies”: Prints and Drawings from The Huntington’s Collection
Sep. 28, 2019–Jan. 6, 2020 | This exhibition brings together 16 works by artists whose careers have either been lauded or criticized by John Ruskin, the Victorian writer and polymath.
Project Blue Boy
One of The Huntington's most renowned paintings, The Blue Boy was Gainsborough's first attempt at full-length Van Dyck dress, based on the work of revolutionary 17th-century Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck.
Tang Qingnian: An Offering to Roots
Visual artist Tang Qingnian 唐慶年 created these paintings as a tribute to the nature lost in the recent devastating wildfires. Five prints of the paintings hang from a bamboo framework above the Chinese Garden.
The Unseen World of Charles Altamont Doyle
Sixteen fantastical watercolors from early in Charles Doyle's career show his unique illustrative treatment of popular, Victorian-era fairies and other fantasy themes.
Celia Paul
Curated by prize-winning critic Hilton Als, "Celia Paul" showcases seven paintings in the historic Huntington Art Gallery.
Prospects of India: 18th- and 19th-Century British Drawings from The Huntington’s Art Collections
Fifteen drawings depicting the scenery of India and its diverse landscape by British artists George Chinnery, Thomas and William Daniell, and draftsmen Col. George Francis White are featured in this focused exhibition. |