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News Release - Huntington Launches New Partnership with Artist Enrique Martínez Celaya Including Installation of Three Works

Tue., Jan. 15, 2019

Two bronze sculptures and a painting by contemporary Cuban-American artist Enrique Martínez Celaya (b. 1964) will be installed at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens this month.

Videos and Recorded Programs

1595–1606: New Perspectives on Regime Change

Fri., Jan. 11, 2019

The death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603 marked not only the succession of James VI of Scotland to the English throne but also a change of dynasty from Tudor to Stuart. This conference explains how, in a world of weak bureaucracy that depended on the willingness of powerful people to govern, a change of dynasty influenced the governance of the realm.

Videos and Recorded Programs

The 'Huntington's Hundredth' Rose

Thu., Jan. 10, 2019

Rose hybridizer Tom Carruth, the E. L. and Ruth B. Shannon Curator of the Rose Collections at The Huntington, introduces his newest floribunda, ‘Huntington’s Hundredth’, developed to commemorate the institution’s upcoming centennial. The old-fashioned rose is a soft pastel yellow touched with a blush of orchid pink and cream, with a powerful fragrance reminiscent of citrus blossoms and sweet fruit.

Verso

New Perspectives on Regime Change

Wed., Jan. 9, 2019 | Norman Jones, Paulina Kewes

On March 24, 1603, Queen Elizabeth I died, and James VI of Scotland was proclaimed James I of England. There was widespread relief and rejoicing that the transition happened so smoothly

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Calligrapher Tang Qingnian

Wed., Jan. 2, 2019 | Lynne Heffley

Tall and amiable, wearing glasses, his hair tied back in a pony tail, contemporary artist Tang Qingnian 唐慶年 stands in The Huntington's Rose Hills Garden Courtyard on a sunny day in early Nov. 2018, facing a long table covered with white paper.

Frontiers

Who’s Behind the Curtain?

Fri., Dec. 28, 2018 | Lynne Heffley

Kathleen Quinn's elegant drapes accent the renovation of a grand staircaseIn advance of The Huntington’s Centennial celebration, which gets under way in the fall of 2019, Catherine Hess, chief curator of European art, decided that it was time to reimagine the décor...

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In the Back of God’s Elbow

Fri., Dec. 28, 2018 | Olga Tsapina

A collection of correspondence yields insight into the Seven Years' WarOn November 13, 1756, James Grahame hastily scribbled a letter at his London residence. The note, addressed to William Mercer in Perth, Scotland, confirmed that Grahame’s friend and William’s brother, Colonel James F. Mercer, was dead.

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Reading the Chinese Garden

Fri., Dec. 28, 2018 | Phillip E. Bloom

The garden's curator contemplates its poetry. With the start of the final phase of the Chinese Garden’s construction, we asked the garden’s curator, Phillip E. Bloom, who joined The Huntington in September 2017, to reflect on two of the initial features installed in 2008...