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Past Exhibitions


Exhibitions

100 Great British Drawings

June 18, 2022–Sept. 5, 2022

June 18–Sept. 5, 2022 | Tracing the evolution of the practice of drawing in Britain from the 17th through the mid-20th century, the exhibition presents rarely seen treasures from The Huntington’s collection.

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Mapping Fiction

Jan. 15, 2022–May 30, 2022

Jan. 15–May 22, 2022 | Coinciding with the centennial of the publication of James Joyce's modernist novel, Ulysses, the exhibition "Mapping Fiction" explores the construction of fictional worlds through maps and novels.

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Science and the Sublime

Feb. 12, 2022–May 30, 2022

Feb. 12–May 30, 2022 | “Science and the Sublime: A Masterpiece by Joseph Wright of Derby” explores one of the great masterpieces from the Age of Enlightenment, Joseph Wright of Derby's monumental An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump alongside 15 works from The Huntington's own collections. |

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A Garden of Words

Jan. 29, 2022–May 16, 2022

Part 1: Aug. 28–Dec. 13, 2021 | Part 2: Jan. 29–May 16, 2022 | This exhibition of contemporary Chinese calligraphy is the inaugural installation in the Chinese Garden's new art gallery, the Studio for Lodging the Mind.

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Orbit Pavilion

Oct. 29, 2016–Dec. 31, 2021

NASA's "Orbit Pavilion" is an outdoor installation where captivating sounds represent the movements of the International Space Station and 19 Earth Science satellites as they orbit above.

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What Now, Part 2

Aug. 7, 2021–Nov. 1, 2021

Aug. 7–Nov. 1, 2021 | This two-part exhibition explores The Huntington's role in documenting the human experience through more than 100 items from the Library collections. 

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Kehinde Wiley

Oct. 2, 2021

Oct. 2, 2021–Jan. 3, 2022 | A newly commissioned painting by renowned American artist Kehinde Wiley, A Portrait of a Young Gentleman, debuted Oct. 2, 2021 in the Thornton Portrait Gallery, across from Thomas Gainsborough's The Blue Boy (ca. 1770). 

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Made in L.A. 2020

April 17, 2021–Aug. 1, 2021

April 17-Aug. 1, 2021 | "Made in L.A. 2020: a version" debuts new installations, videos, films, sculpture, performances, and paintings from Los Angeles–based artists, many commissioned specifically for the exhibition.

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Lifelines/Timelines

Oct. 17, 2020–Jan. 25, 2021

Oct. 17, 2020–Jan. 25, 2021 | This exhibition explores the march of time by comparing the age of California juniper bonsai trees alongside major moments in the institution's 100-year history.

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Andrew Raftery

Jan. 18, 2020–Jan. 4, 2021

Jan. 18, 2020–Jan. 4, 2021 | American artist Andrew Raftery's series of twelve plates charts the evolution of the garden he planted in Providence, Rhode Island, as it grew and changed over the course of a calendar year.