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In Focus: “Celia Paul”

Wed., Feb. 6, 2019 | Lisa Blackburn

Seven paintings by the contemporary British artist Celia Paul (born 1959) will be on view Feb. 9–July 8 in the Huntington Art Gallery.

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File under Fascinating

Wed., Jan. 30, 2019 | Sara K. Austin

Did you vow to tidy up in 2019? If the current mania for organizing consultant Marie Kondo is any indication, you're not alone.

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News Release - The Huntington and LA Arts Organization Clockshop Reunite for Contemporary Art Initiative

Thu., Jan. 24, 2019

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens named Los Angeles arts organization Clockshop as its partner for the fourth year of The Huntington's /five initiative.

Videos and Recorded Programs

Fara Dabhoiwala, professor of history at Princeton University, explores why speech, before the 18th century, was continually monitored and policed in every sphere of life across the Western world; no one believed speech should be free. This program is a Crotty Lecture.

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Deep Learning in the Science of Art Conservation

Wed., Jan. 23, 2019 | Amanda Hernandez, Kristin Brisbois, Ph.D.

In October 2018, more than 100 students had the unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the world of art conservation as part of a Deep Learning Day developed by The Huntington's Education staff, focusing on the ongoing "Project Blue Boy" exhibition.

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Border-Crossing Botanicals: The Curious History of Saffron in Japan

Tue., Jan. 22, 2019

Susan Burns, professor of history at the University of Chicago, explores the incorporation of saffron into Japanese pharmacology, a complex process that involved the rise of natural science and a “productive confusion” that linked saffron with other botanicals. This program is part of the East Asian Garden Lecture series.

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From the Mountains to the Garden

Wed., Jan. 16, 2019 | Nicholas Menzies, Phillip E. Bloom

In just three characters, Terry Yuan's calligraphic Terrace that Invites the Mountain—now carved into a rock in The Huntington's Chinese Garden, Liu Fang Yuan—captures one of the key principles of Chinese garden design

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An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846–1873

Wed., Jan. 16, 2019

Benjamin Madley, associate professor of history at UCLA, discusses the near-annihilation and survival of California’s indigenous population under United States rule in this Billington Lecture