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Oct. 9, 2019 | Exhibitions

News Release - Exhibition Takes a Fresh Look at 'Utopia' with New Works That Engage with The Huntington's Collections

In partnership with LA arts organization Clockshop, The Huntington's "Beside the Edge of the World" features works by artists Nina Katchadourian, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, and Rosten Woo, and writers Dana Johnson and Robin Coste Lewis

Nov. 9, 2019–Feb. 24, 2020
Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art, Susan and Stephen Chandler Wing, and various garden locations

Sep. 5, 2019 | News

News Release - The Huntington Updates Name, Adds "Museum" to Better Reflect Mission and Programs

Sep. 5, 2019 | News

News Release - Hammer Museum and The Huntington Announce Made in L.A. 2020 Partnership

Exhibition to Take Place at Both Locations
June 7 – Aug. 30, 2020

Sep. 5, 2019 | News

News Release - Huntington's Yearlong Centennial Celebration Launches Today

Sets in motion a series of activities, including exhibitions, talks, artist interventions, and interactive website features that invite everyone to participate.

Aug. 30, 2019 | Exhibitions

News Release - Huntington to Present "The Hilton Als Series: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye"

(Updated Sept. 16, 2019)

The exhibition of paintings by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, on view Jan. 25–May 11, 2020, is second in a trilogy of shows on contemporary female British artists curated by The New Yorker magazine critic Hilton Als
“Celia Paul” launched the series in 2019. The final installment will be “Njideka Akunyili Crosby” (Spring 2021)
Exhibitions originate at the Yale Center for British Art

Aug. 15, 2019 | News

News Release - The Huntington Reveals Design for 2020 Rose Parade® Float

"Cultivating Curiosity" Celebrates The Huntington's Centennial

Aug. 13, 2019 | Exhibitions

News Release - Chinese Garden’s New Art Gallery to Feature Contemporary Calligraphy in Inaugural Exhibition Focused on Illuminating the Art Form

"A Garden of Words: The Calligraphy of Liu Fang Yuan"
Scheduled to open in May 2020

Aug. 13, 2019 | News

News Release - Grand Opening of Chinese Garden Expansion, Including New Pavilions, Art Gallery, and Café, on Track for May 2020

When complete, Liu Fang Yuan will be among the largest Chinese gardens in the world

Aug. 12, 2019 | News

News Release - The Huntington's Centennial Celebration Launches on Sept. 5, 2019

Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence invites colleagues from across Southern California to kick off the Centennial Year with special guests: Roy Choi, Juan Devis, Josh Kun, Victoria J. Orphan, Yuval Sharon, Dexter Story, Melodie Yashar, and more

Jul. 29, 2019 | Exhibitions

News Release - Carolina Caycedo Video to Go on View in the Huntington Art Gallery

Apariciones/Apparitions (2018) reconceptualizes several iconic Huntington spaces, including the Huntingtons' former residence, through Afro-Latinx and indigenous spiritual practices and dance.

On view in the Huntington Art Gallery, Aug. 17, 2019–Feb. 10, 2020

Jul. 9, 2019 | News

News Release - Board of Trustees News: Geneva H. Thornton Retires; Simon K.C. Li Elected as New Member

Jul. 3, 2019 | News

News Release - Elizabeth (Elee) Wood Named Director of Education and Public Programs

Jul. 2, 2019 | Exhibitions

News Release - Two Consecutive Exhibitions Highlight Library Acquisitions in the 21st Century

"What Now: Collecting for the Library in the 21st Century"
Part 1: Oct. 19, 2019–Feb. 17, 2020
Part 2: May 2–Aug. 24, 2020

Jun. 18, 2019 | News

News Release - The Huntington Acquires Works by Several African American Artists, Early Abstract Oil Sketches, and a Tiffany Chair

Art Collectors’ Council celebrated the canon, but also “filled a gap and expanded the narrative.”

Jun. 4, 2019 | News

News Release - The Huntington to Enter Float in the 2020 Rose Parade® for the First Time in 50 Years

Entry to mark The Huntington's Centennial Celebration

Jun. 4, 2019 | News

News Release - Centennial Celebration Offers Something for Everyone with a Range of Innovative Programs

Press Event Sept. 5, 10:30 a.m.

Yearlong series of activities includes exhibitions, symposia, talks, artist interventions, and interactive website features that invite everyone to participate.

Rose Parade® float announced today

May. 28, 2019 | Exhibitions

News Release - 1919, the Year of The Huntington's Founding, is Subject of Sweeping Centennial Exhibition

275 objects from The Huntington's vast collections comprise "Nineteen Nineteen," on view Sept. 21, 2019–Jan. 20, 2020
MaryLou and George Boone Gallery

Press Preview Fri., Sept. 20, 10 a.m.–noon