Announcements
Reconstructing the Japanese Heritage House
Thu., Jan. 27, 2022 | Lynne Heffley
The Huntington's reconstruction of a 17th-century Japanese magistrate's house, shipped to the U.S. in pieces in 2020 from Marugame, Japan, has made remarkable progress since a formal Shinto roof-raising ceremony marked the historic building's early stage of reassembly in May 2021.
Lecture
Reading Fragmentary Traces of the Writer’s Hand: Tekagami
Thu., Jan. 20, 2022
Edward Kamens, professor of Japanese Studies at Yale University, considers the aesthetics of viewing and reading early modern Japanese calligraphy albums—tekagami—in which fragmentary samples of writing by notable writers are brought together for appreciation and display.
Blue Boy Mania: How Gainsborough’s Masterpiece Colored Pop Culture
Wed., Jan. 12, 2022 | Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
What is it about Blue Boy that appeals to advertisers, entertainers, and interior decorators? His youth? His fancy clothes? Nostalgia? Notoriety? Over the years, he has served as a stand-in for boyhood, Britain, and fine art itself. American Anglophiles consumed Blue Boy tchotchkes the way they might consume Downton Abbey...
Announcements
2021 Through the Lens of The Huntington
Tue., Dec. 28, 2021 | Kevin Durkin
The year 2021 proved to be filled with both challenges and hope. As we look back at Verso stories from the past year, we remind ourselves of where we have been and contemplate where we are headed.
Video
YOU ARE HERE: A Multilingual Map of the Greater Los Angeles Area
Thu., Dec. 16, 2021
Sandy Rodriguez’s YOU ARE HERE / Tovaangar / El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula / Los Angeles is a multilingual map of the greater Los Angeles area, representing the topography, language, flora, fauna, and land stewardship in the region over time and illus
Exhibitions
News Release - Huntington to Present “100 Great British Drawings” Exhibition in 2022
Mon., Dec. 13, 2021
Rarely seen highlights from The Huntington’s premier collection of British drawings and watercolors spotlight top artists working in the medium from the 17th to the mid-20th century
Richly illustrated catalog complements the exhibition
Botanical
Chaparral Superstar
Wed., Dec. 8, 2021 | Sandy Masuo
Toyon is brightening winter landscapes throughout Southern California, including here at The Huntington.
Botanical
Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Wed., Nov. 24, 2021 | Kathy Musial
On Sept. 24, 2021, a Queensland kauri (Agathis robusta) in The Huntington's Rose Garden was designated as a California Big Tree, The Huntington's first such honor. On Nov. 5, Matt Ritter, professor of botany at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, who serves as the coordinator for the California...
Lecture
Drinking and Scribbling in the Garden: Xu Wei's Wild Cursive Calligraphy
Thu., Nov. 18, 2021
Peter Sturman, professor of art history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, discusses the artistic polymath Xu Wei (1521–1593) and his uninhibited style of calligraphy, known as kuangcao, or "wild cursive." Sturman introduces Xu's calligraphy—particularly, three scrolls that
Exhibitions
Portrait of Moanahonga (Great Walker)
Wed., Nov. 17, 2021 | Dennis Carr
This year, The Huntington acquired a striking portrait of Moanahonga (Great Walker), an Ioway chief, painted around 1824 by the American artist Charles Bird King.
Revising a Masterpiece
Mon., Nov. 15, 2021 | Malik Gaines
With a new painting that responds to Thomas Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy, Kehinde Wiley again revises a “masterpiece,” adding Black youth to the repertoire of English grand manner portraiture, redirecting the genre’s aggrandizing powers, and challenging its exclusivity.
Exhibitions
News Release - The Huntington and Ghetto Film School Present 15 New Student Works in Inaugural Installation
Wed., Nov. 10, 2021
In an ongoing partnership with Ghetto Film School, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens is serving as a training ground for student filmmakers exploring careers in the film industry.