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News Release - Linde B. Lehtinen Appointed Curator of Photography at The Huntington
Aug. 3, 2021
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the appointment of Linde B. Lehtinen as curator of photography ...
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What Now, Part 2
Jul. 28, 2021 by Manuela Gomez Rhine
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Several of the objects on display in the upcoming exhibition, “What Now: Collecting for the Library in the 21st Century, Part 2,” provide windows into The Huntington’s array of collections that support...
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Lunchtime Art Talk on Larry Johnson
Jul. 28, 2021
Join Lauren Mackler, co-curator of "Made in L.A. 2020: a version," for this short and insightful discussion about artist Larry Johnson, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made...
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Conversations with Buck Ellison & Shamus Khan
Jul. 22, 2021
"Made in L.A. 2020" artist Buck Ellison is joined in conversation by Shamus Khan, professor of sociology and American studies at Princeton University. Together they discuss their intimate portraits of...
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Conversations with Hedi El Kholti & Reynaldo Rivera
Jul. 13, 2021
Join "Made in L.A. 2020" artists Hedi El Kholti and Reynaldo Rivera as they play records and discuss music that has had a profound influence in their lives The program is presented by the Hammer Museum
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The Monster in the Mirror
Jul. 7, 2021 by Sara K. Austin
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What sparks the lightning bolt of insight? How do we come to see with new eyes? Literature can expose us to perspectives strange to us, but our interpretations can also be clouded by familiarity ...
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News Release - Huntington to Lend Its Iconic "Blue Boy" to the National Gallery, London
Jun. 29, 2021
One hundred years after Henry E. Huntington purchased Thomas Gainsborough's masterpiece, The Blue Boy (ca. 1770) from the Duke of Westminster, and it set sail from England for its new home in the United...
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God’s Suicide by Harmony Holiday
Jun. 24, 2021
Join actor Larry Powell as he portrays writer and public intellectual James Baldwin in this production of "Made in L.A. 2020" artist Harmony Holiday's one-man play, God's Suicide, which looks at Black...
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News Release - Huntington Adds Three New Members to Board of Trustees
Jun. 23, 2021
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announces the addition of three new members to its Board of Trustees. They are Christine Bender, J. Mario Molina, and Mei-Lee Ney ...
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Extraordinary Expenses
Jun. 23, 2021 by Olga Tsapina
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In March 1852, Charles Devens, the United States Marshal for Massachusetts, submitted an expense report ...
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Queer Artist, Queer Courage
Jun. 16, 2021 by Manuela Gomez Rhine
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Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1830-1908) unapologetically pursued her ambitions as a sculptor in a field considered inappropriate for women and lived openly as a lesbian ...
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Hedi El Kholti & Abdellah Taïa: Toward the sea, Where we meet
Jun. 15, 2021
Join "Made in L.A. 2020" artist Hedi El Kholti and writer, filmmaker Abdellah Taïa as they read excerpts from their respective works and discuss their shared experiences growing up queer in Morocco and...
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