Exhibitions
Beside the Edge of the World
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).
Past Exhibitions
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Apariciones/Apparitions
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.
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What Now, Part 1
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.
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Nineteen Nineteen
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.
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John Ruskin
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.
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Project Blue Boy
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.
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Tang Qingnian
June 22, 2019—Sept. 23, 2019
Visual artist Tang Qingnian 唐慶年 created these paintings as a tribute to the nature lost in the recent devastating wildfires. Five prints of the paintings hang from a bamboo framework above the Chinese Garden.
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Charles Doyle
June 15, 2019—Sept. 23, 2019
Sixteen fantastical watercolors from early in Charles Doyle's career show his unique illustrative treatment of popular, Victorian-era fairies and other fantasy themes.
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Celia Paul
Feb. 9, 2019—July 8, 2019
Curated by prize-winning critic Hilton Als, "Celia Paul" showcases seven paintings in the historic Huntington Art Gallery.
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Prospects of India
March 2, 2019—June 10, 2019
Fifteen drawings depicting the scenery of India and its diverse landscape by British artists George Chinnery, Thomas and William Daniell, and draftsmen Col. George Francis White are featured in this focused exhibition. |