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.
Exhibitions
News Release - Major American Art Reinstallation, “Borderlands,” Set to Open Nov. 20
Wed., Nov. 10, 2021
Exhibition explores a more expansive and contextualized view of American art history; features new works and new acquisitions by Enrique Martínez Celaya, Thomas Cole, Mercedes Dorame, Sandy Rodriguez, and Cara Romero, among others.
News
News Release - At The Huntington, 2021 Served as a Banner Year for American Art Acquisitions
Thu., Nov. 4, 2021
The 50-plus works span more than 100 years and are by a diverse group of artists from North America, including Mary Lee Bendolph, Lola Álvarez Bravo and Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Thomas Cole, Mercedes Dorame, Lockwood de Forest, Herter Brothers, Charles Bird King, Enrique Martínez Celaya, Cara Romero, and Kehinde Wiley.
Video
Kehinde Wiley: “A Portrait of a Young Gentleman” Artist Remarks
Tue., Nov. 2, 2021
The Huntington celebrated American artist Kehinde Wiley with a reception in honor of his painting A Portrait of a Young Gentleman, commissioned by The Huntington as a contemporary response to Thomas
Video
Reading the Lotus: A Garden of Words
Mon., Nov. 1, 2021
Wang Shixiang 王世襄 was 93 years old when he created the inscription “Love for the Lotus Pavilion” for The Huntington. The original handscroll is currently on view as part of the exhibition “A Garden of Words: The Calligraphy of Liu Fang Yuan.”
Lecture
Frankenstein on Screen: Mary Shelley’s Adapted Progeny
Thu., Oct. 28, 2021
Mary Shelley likened the writing of her famous book to Victor Frankenstein’s making of his creature. In this lecture, James Chandler, professor at the University of Chicago and The Huntington's R.