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Conference
An Overflow of Meaning: Reading and Re-reading Hilary Mantel - Virtual Conference
Thu., Oct. 14, 2021
Hilary Mantel, whose literary archive is held at The Huntington, is one of the most critically acclaimed authors working today.
Lecture
War Torn Californios: The Civil Wars of Antonio and Porfirio Jimeno
Wed., Oct. 13, 2021
Jesse Alemán, professor of English at the University of New Mexico, discusses the lives and letters of the Jimeno brothers, whose coming of age in the years before the U.S.
Video
Forgotten Pallbearers of Abraham Lincoln: What Now, Part 2
Wed., Oct. 6, 2021
Olga Tsapina, curator of American historical manuscripts at The Huntington, discusses the importance of a little-known photograph from renowned Civil War photographer Mathew Brady's studio that reveals the forgotten pallbearers of Abraham Lincoln, now on display in the exhibition “
Conference
Looking Like a Person: Portraits after Coloniality - Virtual Conference
Sat., Oct. 2, 2021
This symposium interrogates the issues raised by contemporary artist Kehinde Wiley's new painting Portrait of a Young Gentleman, which responds to Thomas Gainsborough's grand manner masterpiece The Blue Boy.
Lecture
Wild Cursive Calligraphy, Poetry, and Buddhist Monks in the Eighth Century and Beyond
Thu., Sept. 30, 2021
Huiwen Lu, professor of art history at National Taiwan University, takes the audience into the strange and enchanting world of wild cursive calligraphy when it first appeared in China in the late seventh and early eighth centuries.
Lecture
Some Thoughts on the Art of Chinese Calligraphy
Thu., Sept. 9, 2021
In this talk, Qianshen Bai, professor and Dean of the School of Art and Archaeology, Zhejiang University, explores some foundational questions concerning Chinese calligraphy: How did writing become a fine art in China? Where is the boundary between functional writing and visual art?
Lecture
38th Annual Succulent Plants Symposium
Fri., Sept. 3, 2021
The Huntington presents the 38th Annual Succulent Plants Symposium as a Zoom webinar for the second year in a row.
Video
Certificate of Identity: What Now, Part 2
Tue., Aug. 24, 2021
From 1909 to 1928, the U.S. government required all Chinese people with legal status in the country to obtain certificates of identity. Li Wei Yang, curator of Pacific Rim Collections, explains how this document can help us understand our current immigration enforcement debates.
Video
YOU ARE HERE: A Work in Progress from Sandy Rodriguez
Tue., Aug. 17, 2021
Sandy Rodriguez, a Los Angeles-based artist, is creating new work for The Huntington. The piece is called YOU ARE HERE / Tovaangar / El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Porciúncula / Los Angeles.
Video
Lunchtime Art Talk on Larry Johnson
Wed., July 28, 2021
Join Lauren Mackler, co-curator of "Made in L.A. 2020: a version," for this short and insightful discussion about artist Larry Johnson, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version."
Video
Conversations with Buck Ellison & Shamus Khan
Thu., July 22, 2021
"Made in L.A. 2020" artist Buck Ellison is joined in conversation by Shamus Khan, professor of sociology and American studies at Princeton University. Together they discuss their intimate portraits of privilege and power, and the implications for American inequalities.
Video
Conversations with Hedi El Kholti & Reynaldo Rivera
Tue., July 13, 2021
Join "Made in L.A. 2020" artists Hedi El Kholti and Reynaldo Rivera as they play records and discuss music that has had a profound influence in their lives.
The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.