Audio
Artist Mario Ybarra Jr.
Wed., Aug. 15, 2018 | Carribean Fragoza
The summer day simmered. As artist Mario Ybarra Jr., his assistant Jennifer Vanegas, and I strolled through the gardens under the shade of carefully trimmed foliage, steam rose from the warm, dark earth underfoot...
Art
The Most Influential Artist You've Never Met
Thu., Aug. 9, 2018 | Thea Page
What wildly popular 19th-century painter had throngs of Londoners lining up to catch a glimpse of canvases so sensational and operatic that some swooned at the sight?
Art
J. G. Brown’s “Scraping a Deerskin”
Wed., Aug. 1, 2018 | Lily Allen
In John George Brown's Scraping a Deerskin of 1904, sunshine bathes the inside of a toolshed. The light flows from a window that frames a cheery, rural landscape. Yet inside the shed, a rather gruesome scene unfolds.
Lecture
Pasadena Busch Gardens: Adolphus Busch’s Early Amusement Park
Sun., July 29, 2018
When German brewing magnate Adolphus Busch purchased a mansion on Pasadena's "Millionaires' Row" in 1904, he quickly bought up some 60 additional acres stretching down to the bottom of Arroyo Seco and developed it into a lushly landscaped parl.
Education
Teachers Color the Summer Yellow
Wed., July 25, 2018 | Amanda Hernandez
During their summer break, 30 selected teachers participated in the first Huntington Voices teacher institute, spending a week on site to learn from Education staff and others how to use The Huntington's collections to strengthen their student's voices through writing, spoken language, performance, and visual and media arts.
News
News Release - The Huntington Breaks Ground on Final Phase of its Chinese Garden to Add New Features Including Pavilions, Art Gallery, Café
Wed., July 18, 2018
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that, with the majority of funding in place, it is launching the final phase of construction on its renowned Chinese Garden, known by the poetic name Liu Fang Yuan
Library
Times of Change
Tue., July 17, 2018 | Amy Miller
This month, Los Angeles Times employees decamp from their namesake building at the corner of First and Spring streets downtown. After 83 years of occupying the building, the Times is moving staff to a new home in El Segundo—leaving behind a monumental icon of the city's Art Deco period.
Botanical
Master Gardeners at the Ranch
Wed., July 11, 2018 | Manuela Gomez Rhine
The master gardeners who volunteer each Saturday at the Huntington Ranch Garden Open House are the perfect hosts for this one-of-a-kind garden experience...
News
News Release - Karen R. Lawrence Named President of The Huntington
Thu., July 5, 2018
Karen R. Lawrence, former president of Sarah Lawrence College, has been named president of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, The Huntington's Board of Trustees announced today, following an extensive international search.
Library
Fourth of July Fireworks
Tue., July 3, 2018 | Manuela Gomez Rhine
The offerings are explosive: "Balloon Rockets, Devil Bombs, and Barking Dog Cap Bombs, Floating Stars changing colors, making a most beautiful display in the air," reads a fireworks catalog entry. A promotional poster announces Sanderson & Lanergan, pyrotechnists to Boston, and promises a fireworks show, "[f]urnished as usual in the...
Research
The New Fellows
Wed., June 27, 2018 | Steve Hindle
As one of the world's leading institutions for collections-based research, The Huntington has for almost a century provided essential support and a congenial environment for the conduct of scholarship in the humanities...
News
News Release - Award-winning Playwright Stan Lai to Present New Site-specific Work at The Huntington
Wed., June 20, 2018
In a groundbreaking creative partnership, CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) and The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens have joined forces with the internationally acclaimed playwright Stan Lai