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News Release – New Exhibition Will Explore Art Education in Early Modern China
Tue., May 23, 2023Oct. 7, 2023–May 27, 2024 | A new exhibition will provide visitors with the opportunity to gain insight into early art education in China through painting manuals originally published in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Artist R.B. Kitaj’s Screen Prints Depicting Book Covers to Go on Display Aug. 5
Tue., May 16, 2023“In Our Time: Prints by R.B. Kitaj” will showcase 44 prints over two rotations, exploring the intersection between literary and visual arts.
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News Release - The Huntington Commissions Artist Betye Saar to Create Site-Specific, Immersive Installation
Wed., April 26, 2023The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has commissioned artist Betye Saar to create a large-scale, immersive installation for the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art.
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News Release - Countdown Begins for the Reopening of The Huntington’s Historic Tea Room
Thu., April 20, 2023The original 1911 building has been restored and a new outdoor pavilion opens onto the Shakespeare Garden.
Press Preview on April 24. Dining reservations can be made beginning May 10.
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News Release - The Huntington’s Historic Tea Room to Reopen May 24
Tue., March 21, 2023The original 1911 building has been restored and a new outdoor pavilion opens onto the Shakespeare Garden.
Press Preview on April 24. Dining reservations can be made beginning May 10.
News Release - Hilton Als Named Inaugural Hannah and Russel Kully Distinguished Fellow in the History of American Art
Wed., Feb. 15, 2023Hilton Als—Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, theater critic for The New Yorker magazine, and curator—is the inaugural Hannah and Russel Kully Distinguished Fellow in the History of American Art.
News Release - The Huntington Names Winner of 2023 Shapiro Book Prize
Mon., Feb. 13, 2023The biennial award of $10,000 for outstanding first monograph in American history and culture goes to R. Isabela Morales for “Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom.”
News Release - Lauren Cross Appointed Gail-Oxford Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at The Huntington
Mon., Feb. 6, 2023The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the appointment of Lauren Cross as the new Gail-Oxford Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts.