Art
Nuestro Mundo
Wed., Nov. 29, 2017 | Linda Chiavaroli
To complement the exhibition "Visual Voyages: Images of Latin American Nature from Columbus to Darwin," The Huntington engaged young Angeleno artists, ages 18 to 26, to look at Latin America from their own viewpoints.
Exhibitions
Hummingbird Case History
Wed., Nov. 22, 2017 | Diana W. Thompson
Before leaving the foyer of the exhibition "Visual Voyages: Images of Latin American Nature from Columbus to Darwin," take a moment to examine two glass cases filled with tiny, exquisite hummingbirds frozen in motion. They are remarkable replicas of displays first created at the time of the Great Exhibition of...
Lecture
The Ecology of Eternity in a Song-Dynasty Buddhist Monastery
Tue., Nov. 21, 2017
In his inaugural Huntington lecture, Phillip Bloom, The Huntington's new director of the Center for East Asian Garden Studies and curator of the Chinese Garden, examines the history of Shizhuanshan, a hilltop Buddhist sanctuary in southwestern China constructed in the late 11th century.
Conference
First Light: The Astronomy Century in California, 1917–2017
Fri., Nov. 17, 2017
Jointly presented by The Huntington and Carnegie Observatories, this conference marks the centennial of the completion of the 100-inch Hooker telescope on Mount Wilson, which saw "first light" in November 1917 and heralded the dawn of modern astronomy.
Video
Indigenous Latin American Mapmakers from the 16th century
Fri., Nov. 17, 2017
The exhibition Visual Voyages tells the story of how indigenous peoples, Spanish Americans, and Europeans all contributed to understanding Latin America's complex natural world.
Conferences
First Light
Thu., Nov. 16, 2017 | Daniel Lewis
In astronomy, the first time a telescope lens is exposed to the night sky for viewing is referred to as first light. Astronomers and the people who design and construct telescopes eagerly await first light
Lecture
Did Early-Modern Schoolmasters Foment Sedition?
Wed., Nov. 15, 2017
Markku Peltonen, professor of history at the University of Helsinki and the Fletcher Jones Foundation Distinguished Fellow, discusses why the famous philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) placed the blame for the English Civil War and Revolution of the 1640s at the door of schoolmasters.
Art
COLLECTION/S: WCCW/five at The Huntington
Mon., Nov. 13, 2017 | Catherine G. Wagley and Emily Lacy
For the better part of 2017, seven female-identified artists have been mining The Huntington's collections, bringing their own interests to bear upon the institution's holdings. On Nov. 18, when the exhibition "COLLECTION/S: WCCW/five at The Huntington" opens in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art
Lecture
The Landscape Designs of Ralph Cornell
Sun., Nov. 12, 2017
Among the first generation of landscape architects in Southern California, Ralph Cornell (1890–1972) is considered the most influential. His wide scope of projects included college campuses, city parks, and significant residential commissions.
Exhibitions
News Release - Exhibition of New Work by Emerging Artists Responding to The Huntington's Collections to Open Nov. 18
Thu., Nov. 9, 2017
An exhibition opening next week at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will present a fresh, vibrant group of new works by seven artists responding to research they conducted in The Huntington's vast collections over the past year.
Art
Deliberate Omissions
Wed., Nov. 8, 2017 | Molly Curtis
Often when we view a painting, we take stock of the storytelling elements that leave us with a certain thought or feeling. Especially when we are confronted with works that are associated with realism, we expect a painted scene to make sense. But how do we understand works that seem...
Lecture
The Lords Proprietors: Land and Power in 17th-Century America
Wed., Nov. 8, 2017
If England's King Charles II and his courtiers had had their way, most of eastern North America would have been the personal property of about a dozen men who dreamed of wielding virtually absolute power over their vast domains. Daniel K.