Conference
Early Modern Literary Geographies
Mon., Oct. 24, 2016
Experts in the literature, history, geography, and archaeology of 16th- and 17th-century Britain examine four key geographic sites—body, house, neighborhood, and region—to illuminate the important spatial structures and concepts that define the early modern engagement with the world.
News
Press Release - New American Art Wing to Open This Weekend
Wed., Oct. 19, 2016
The Jonathan and Karin Fielding Wing, a major addition to the American art galleries at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, will open to the public this Sat., Oct. 22, to reveal “Becoming America: Highlights from the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection”
Art
Becoming America
Tue., Oct. 18, 2016 | Kevin Durkin
An astonishingly rich installation of early American art provides a pre-Thanksgiving visual feast for Huntington visitors, beginning Oct. 22. That's opening day for the new Jonathan and Karin Fielding Wing in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art.
Video
Highlights from the Fielding Collection of Early American Art: Collecting
Sun., Oct. 16, 2016
Jonathan and Karin Fielding talk about what they collect and why and their interest in the pieces with respect to how they were made and how they were used.
Conferences
Early Modern Literary Geographies
Thu., Oct. 13, 2016 | Julie Sanders and Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr.
One of the gems in The Huntington's library collection is a 16th-century image titled "View from Wotton Underwood." Although officially cataloged as a "map," it's quite different from what we usually call a map today.
News
Press Release - Border Grill’s Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken with Blue Window’s Kajsa Alger Partner with The Huntington to Create Dynamic New Dining Destination
Mon., Oct. 10, 2016
Those who love Border Grill’s authentic, modern Mexican cuisine created by celebrated chefs Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken will be able to enjoy it in an unexpected new location starting on Nov. 2: the main café at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Audio
Recent Lectures: Sept. 14–Oct. 5, 2016
Mon., Oct. 10, 2016 | Huntington Staff
Home to gorgeous gardens, spectacular art, and stunning rare books and manuscripts, The Huntington also offers an impressive slate of lectures and conferences on topics and themes related to its collections. Featured are audio recordings of five recent lectures and conversations.
Lecture
The United States from the Inside Out and Southside North
Fri., Oct. 7, 2016
Steven Hahn, professor of history at New York University and the Rogers Distinguished Fellow at The Huntington, considers what the history of the United States would look like, especially for the 19th century, if we travel east and west from the middle of the country and north from Mexico and...
Lecture
Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? Chinese Woodblock Prints of the Late Ming and Qing Periods
Fri., Oct. 7, 2016
June Li, curator emerita of the Chinese Garden at The Huntington, will look at some of the functions of printed images in China from the late 16th through the 19th centuries, using examples from the exhibition "Gardens, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints."
Lecture
Becoming Gay in the 1960s: Reading “A Single Man”
Fri., Oct. 7, 2016
Novelist Edmund White (A Boy's Own Story) discusses the lasting impression that Christopher Isherwood's groundbreaking novel "A Single Man" had on him as a young author assembling his gay identity in the pre-Stonewall era.
Beyond The H
Instagram Takeover with Lynell George
Wed., Oct. 5, 2016 | Kate Lain
Yesterday, we handed The Huntington's Instagram account over to journalist and essayist Lynell George, who spent the day sharing photos of items in the archive of famed science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler.
News
Press Release - The Huntington Launches New Era in Dining, Partnering with Bon Appétit Management Co.
Wed., Oct. 5, 2016
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has ushered in a new era of destination dining on its historic grounds by contracting with Palo Alto-based Bon Appétit Management Co. for dining and catering services.