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The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation with an exhibition that explores the power of the written word as a mechanism for radical change.

At its annual meeting this spring, the Art Collectors’ Council of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens voted to acquire a major painting by George Tooker (1920-2011), exemplar of the American “Magic Realist” group who was best known for capturing the angst of alienated urban dwellers

A sweeping international loan exhibition at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will explore how the depiction of Latin American nature contributed to art and science between the late 1400s and the mid-1800s.

Dr. Laura Skandera Trombley is the newest recipient of the Louis J. Budd Award, awarded for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Twain Scholarship. She will immediately commence her next book-length study of Mark Twain.

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that Chad Alligood, curator at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., has been named Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art. Alligood, who joins The Huntington in late April, will oversee a growing collection

For the shopper looking for a unique Father’s Day gift, the Huntington Store is filled with thoughtfully curated items inspired by holdings of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

A new exhibition opening this spring at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens examines the life and work of celebrated author Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), the first science fiction writer to receive a prestigious MacArthur “genius” award and the first African-American woman to win

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced today their joint acquisition of two prototype chairs (1979–80) made by American artist Donald Judd (1928–1994).