Lecture
Object of My Nostalgia: Designating the Isherwood-Bachardy Residence and Studio in Los Angeles
Wed., April 21, 2021
Historic preservation consultants from Chattel, Inc.
News
News Release - The Huntington Awards Octavia E. Butler Fellowship to Alyssa Collins
Mon., April 19, 2021
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has awarded Alyssa Collins, assistant professor of English Language and Literature and African American Studies at the University of South Carolina, a yearlong Octavia E. Butler Fellowship for the study of the renowned science fiction writer.
Exhibitions
“Made in L.A. 2020: a version” Considers The Huntington’s Collections
Mon., April 19, 2021 | George Sanchez
Featuring the work of 30 emerging and under-recognized artists from the greater Los Angeles area, "Made in L.A. 2020: a version" presents mirroring exhibitions at the Hammer Museum and The Huntington—as well as at local sites like barbershops and hospital waiting rooms.
Conference
Virtual Conference - “This Reading of Books Is a Pernicious Thing”: Restoration Women Writers and Their Readers
Thu., April 15, 2021
Key scholars come together at this two-day conference to assess developments in the study of Restoration women writers such as Aphra Behn and Margaret Cavendish (the Duchess of Newcastle), their reception in their own period, and increasing popularity today.
Video
Lunchtime Art Talk on Aria Dean
Wed., April 14, 2021
Join Connie Butler, chief curator at the Hammer, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Aria Dean, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version."
Conferences
“This reading of Books is a pernicious thing”
Tue., April 13, 2021 | Elaine Hob
In 1984, The Huntington organized and hosted the first of a series of meetings of local feminists. As a brochure in the Library’s archives explains, these seminars, scheduled to take place five times a year, aimed to “further academic research on material by and about women
Video
Hdoc: Breaking News First Interrupts Television in 1949 (Los Angeles, CA)
Thu., April 8, 2021
On April 8, 1949, a three-year-old girl fell down an abandoned water well in San Marino, California. The television coverage of the rescue attempt tapped into the deep spring of attention that a live broadcast can bring to news.
Video
Lunchtime Art Talk on Kandis Williams
Wed., April 7, 2021
Join Nika Chilewich, curatorial assistant at the Hammer, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Kandis Williams, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version."
Lecture
Capturing Bestiarium: The Art and Science of Digitization
Wed., April 7, 2021
Join our digital library team for an overview of the process of digitizing documents to make them available to researchers in the Huntington Digital Library.
News
News Release - The Huntington Acquires Letters of Nobel Laureate Guglielmo Marconi, Pioneer of Long-Distance Wireless Telegraphy and Radio
Tue., April 6, 2021
Library Collectors’ Council also purchases manuscripts by the British author Amelia Opie (1769–1853), the private journal of U.S. Navy officer Henry Cadwalader (1817-44) about a secret trade mission to the Indian Ocean and East Indies, the world’s first published English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionary
Podcast
Hear and Now at The Huntington
Wed., March 31, 2021
Hear and Now is a new podcast that connects the incomparable library, art, and botanical collections at The Huntington with the wider world.
Video
Lunchtime Art Talk on Christina Forrer
Wed., March 31, 2021
Join Dennis Carr, The Huntington's chief curator of American art, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Christina Forrer, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version."