Maritime

Britain and the Sea: Maritime Drawings and Watercolors from The Huntington’s Art Collections

This focused exhibition features fifteen rarely seen drawings and watercolors by marine artists such as John Thomas Serres, Charles Bentley, and Samuel Owen, depicting important battles and dramatic, romantic views of wind-tossed ships revealing a nation passing from the threat of war to command a prosperous peace.

Vance-Swallow

Lesley Vance & Ricky Swallow

Nov. 10, 2012-March 11, 2013

In a dramatic departure from tradition, The Huntington presents the first exhibition of contemporary paintings and sculpture to be displayed inside the Huntington Art Gallery, showcasing the work of Los Angeles–based artists Lesley Vance and Ricky Swallow.

Mid-Century Modern Architecture, Photography, and the Good Life in Cold War California

Jan. 17 (Thursday)

7:15 p.m.

NOTE: This event is at the Mark Taper Auditorium, Los Angeles Public Library, Central Branch

Join Jennifer Watts, curator of photographs, The Huntington; Christopher Hawthorne, architecture critic, Los Angeles Times; D.J. Waldie, author and historian, for a conversation about the hugely influential photographer Maynard L. Parker, whose archive is part of the Huntington’s collections. Parker aimed his lens at the mid-century masterworks of the L.A. architects and designers whose homes embodied the American dream during a time of demographic transitions, Cold War anxieties, and a suburban society driven to consume. Event inspired by the new book Maynard L. Parker: Modern Photography and the American Dream.  Free. Reservations required.