News
News Release - The Huntington Commissions Kehinde Wiley to Paint a New Work Inspired by "The Blue Boy"
Thu., Sept. 9, 2021
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has commissioned the renowned artist Kehinde Wiley to create a new work inspired by Thomas Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy (ca. 1770).
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.
News
News Release - Yinshi Lerman-Tan Appointed Associate Curator of American Art at The Huntington
Thu., Sept. 2, 2021
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the appointment of Yinshi Lerman-Tan as the new Bradford and Christine Mishler Associate Curator of American Art.
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.
News
News Release - The Huntington to Present Its American Art through a New Lens, with "Borderlands" Reinstallation Opening This Fall
Tue., Aug. 17, 2021
A portion of The Huntington's art collection will be contextualized with contributions from contemporary artists Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art
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.
Botanical
A Fruitful Perspective
Tue., Aug. 10, 2021 | Sean C. Lahmeyer
Soon after Henry E. Huntington purchased the San Marino Ranch (formerly owned by James DeBarth Shorb) in 1903, he learned that many agricultural crops—such as avocados, peaches, and nuts—could be grown on the property.
News
News Release - Linde B. Lehtinen Appointed Curator of Photography at The Huntington
Tue., Aug. 3, 2021
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the appointment of Linde B. Lehtinen as curator of photography
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."
Exhibitions
What Now, Part 2
Wed., July 28, 2021 | Manuela Gomez Rhine
Several of the objects on display in the upcoming exhibition, “What Now: Collecting for the Library in the 21st Century, Part 2,” provide windows into The Huntington’s array of collections that support important research interests.
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.