Past Exhibitions

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.

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.

Jan. 25, 2020–May 11, 2020

Jan. 25, 2020–May 11, 2020 | Five studies of fictional characters by contemporary artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye create a dialogue with The Huntington's collection of formal 18th-century British portraits in this exhibition curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hilton Als.

Nov. 16, 2008–March 17, 2020

"Beautiful Science" features hundreds of artifacts that tell the stories of the breakthroughs, discoveries, and people at the forefront of astronomy, natural history, medicine, and light.

Nov. 9, 2019–Feb. 24, 2020

Nov. 9, 2019–Feb. 24, 2020 | Five artists create works based on The Huntington's collections investigating ideas of perfection using Thomas More's satirical work Utopia (1516).

Aug. 17, 2019–Feb. 17, 2020

Aug. 17, 2019–Feb. 17, 2020 | Apariciones /Apparitions is a video by acclaimed Los Angeles artist Carolina Caycedo that reconceptualizes iconic Huntington spaces through Afro-Latinx and indigenous spiritual practices.

Oct. 19, 2019–Feb. 17, 2020

Oct. 19, 2019–Feb. 17, 2020 | This two-part exhibition explores The Huntington's role in documenting the human experience through more than 100 items from the Library collections. 

Sept. 21, 2019–Jan. 20, 2020

Sep. 21, 2019–Jan. 20, 2020 | This Centennial exhibition examines The Huntington as an institution through its founding during the tumultuous year of 1919 with objects drawn from its library and art collections.

Sept. 28, 2019–Jan. 6, 2020

Sep. 28, 2019–Jan. 6, 2020 | This exhibition brings together 16 works by artists whose careers have either been lauded or criticized by John Ruskin, the Victorian writer and polymath.

Sept. 22, 2018–Sept. 30, 2019

One of The Huntington's most renowned paintings, The Blue Boy was Gainsborough's first attempt at full-length Van Dyck dress, based on the work of revolutionary 17th-century Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck.