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Press Release - The Huntington Selects Women’s Center for Creative Work for “Five” Collaboration

Feb. 9, 2017

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today it will partner with the Los Angeles-based Women’s Center for Creative Work for the second year of its “Five” initiative. “Five” pairs The Huntington with five different organizations over five years, bringing contemporary artists to respond

Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Robin Coste Lewis, Nina Katchadourian, Dana Johnson, and Rosten Woo. Photo: Kate Lain
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News Release - The Huntington and LA Arts Organization Clockshop Reunite for Contemporary Art Initiative

Jan. 24, 2019

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens named Los Angeles arts organization Clockshop as its partner for the fourth year of The Huntington's /five initiative.

Orbit Pavilion
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Press Release - NASA’s Orbit Pavilion Sound Experience to be First Exhibition in New Collaborative Project at The Huntington

Jul. 8, 2016

NASA’s Orbit Pavilion sound experience is scheduled to land at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens for a four-month stay, inaugurating a new initiative at The Huntington focused on creative collaborations with other organizations.

Left: Carolina Caycedo at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Photo: Kate Lain. Right: Mario Ybarra Jr. at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Photo: Kate Lain.
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News Release - The Huntington Selects Vincent Price Art Museum for Contemporary Art Collaboration

Apr. 12, 2018

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it will partner with East Los Angeles College's Vincent Price Art Museum (VPAM) for the third year of The Huntington's /five initiative, inviting noted Los Angeles artists Carolina Caycedo and Mario Ybarra Jr. to create new work

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Press Release - Seven Artists to Interact with The Huntington's Collections in Exhibition and Public Programs This Fall

Jun. 26, 2017

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will present new work and related programming this fall by seven artists who conducted research in The Huntington’s collections during the second year of a five-year initiative called /five, which this year is based on the theme of “collecting” and “collections.”

Wisdom Vase
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News Release - Exhibition of New Work by Emerging Artists Responding to The Huntington's Collections to Open Nov. 18

Nov. 9, 2017

An exhibition opening next week at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will present a fresh, vibrant group of new works by seven artists responding to research they conducted in The Huntington's vast collections over the past year.

Artwork by Mario Ybarra Jr. (left) and artwork by Carolina Caycedo (right)
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News Release - New Huntington-Inspired Works by Artists Carolina Caycedo and Mario Ybarra Jr. to go on View Nov. 10

Oct. 24, 2018

Two Los Angeles-based artists—Carolina Caycedo and Mario Ybarra Jr. —debut new work beginning Nov. 10 as part of an ongoing contemporary arts initiative at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

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News Release - Unique Bonsai Exhibition Opens March 14

Jan. 23, 2020

Visitors will discover an expansive new way to look at miniature trees in "Lifelines/Timelines: Exploring The Huntington's Collections Through Bonsai," on view March 14 through June 15 at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Alyssa Collins. Photo by Shane Lin.
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News Release - The Huntington Awards Octavia E. Butler Fellowship to Alyssa Collins

Apr. 19, 2021

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has awarded Alyssa Collins, assistant professor of English Language and Literature and African American Studies at the University of South Carolina, a yearlong Octavia E. Butler Fellowship for the study of the renowned science fiction writer.

Detail of ship from Thomas More Utopia
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News Release - Exhibition Takes a Fresh Look at 'Utopia' with New Works That Engage with The Huntington's Collections

Oct. 9, 2019

New works of art and literature will debut at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in "Beside the Edge of the World," one of the programs marking The Huntington's Centennial.

Drawing of a bird
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Counting Extinction

Apr. 1, 2018

The last observations of a small Hawaiian birdIn Belonging on an Island: Birds, Extinction, and Evolution in Hawai‘i (Yale University Press, 2018), Daniel Lewis takes readers on a 1,000-year journey as he explores the Hawaiian Islands’ beautiful birds and a variety of topics...

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News Release - Huntington Announces Retirement of Loren Rothschild, Expansion of Board of Trustees

Jun. 9, 2021

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens today announced a pair of developments regarding its Board of Trustees: Loren Rothschild, serving as a member since 2009 and as chair since 2017, will retire to become Trustee Emeritus

A spool of thread and a written note on folded paper.
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Guns, Secession, and a Secret Message in a Spool

Feb. 6, 2024

The Huntington’s Edward Davis Townsend collection contained something rather curious: a spool of thread with a note hidden inside that shed new light on the dramatic events that unfolded shortly after the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860.

From left: Portrait of the See family, including Fong See (third from left) and Letticie “Ticie” Pruett (second from right) and their five children, 1914. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens; Lisa See (photo by Patricia Williams); and Nathan Wang (photo by Derek Wang).
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News Release - The Huntington Will Present “On Gold Mountain” Opera in the Chinese Garden

Feb. 10, 2022

Produced in partnership with LA Opera, the production is based on Lisa See’s book about her Chinese American family and was composed by Nathan Wang, 2022–23 Cheng Family Foundation Visiting Artist

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News Release - Huntington Adds Three New Members to Board of Trustees

Jun. 23, 2021

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announces the addition of three new members to its Board of Trustees. They are Christine Bender, J. Mario Molina, and Mei-Lee Ney.

Heather Hart
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News Release - Huntington Names New Vice President of Information Technology

Sep. 18, 2018

Heather Hart, director of information technology at the Broad museum in Los Angeles, has been named Vice President of Information Technology at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, Karen Lawrence, president of The Huntington, announced today.

Greg Pieschala
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Press Release - Gregory Pieschala Elected to The Huntington's Board of Trustees

Dec. 13, 2016

Gregory Pieschala has been elected to the Board of Trustees at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, Huntington President Laura S. Trombley announced today. A longtime supporter of the institution, Pieschala takes the place of Stewart R. Smith who is retiring from the board

The Hilton Als Series: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Jan. 25–May 11, 2020
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News Release - The Year Ahead at The Huntington

Dec. 3, 2019

2020 Public Programs Highlights

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When It Rains, It Pours

Aug. 3, 2014

The fruits of a return trip to NamibiaThe Spring/Summer 2014 issue of Huntington Frontiers featured Huntington conservation technician Cody Howard's search for Ledebouria bulbs 

Tang Qingnian installation mockup
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News Release - Monumental Site-Specific Installation by Contemporary Chinese Artist Tang Qingnian Will Go on View June 22

May 15, 2019

A special installation of a new work by visual artist Tang Qingnian 唐慶年 will to go on display in The Huntington's Chinese Garden on June 22, continuing through Sept. 23.

A man in a blue shirt and hat looks off camera, in front of a rock or tree formation.
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The Huntington Commissions Artist Mineo Mizuno for Monumental Outdoor Sculpture

Feb. 21, 2024

Mizuno's site-specific sculpture “Homage to Nature” debuts on May 25, 2024.

Celia Paul painting
Frontiers

Painting the Wind

Jun. 19, 2019

How Celia Paul's art resonates with that of the Brontë sistersBeautifully installed on the second floor of the Huntington Art Gallery, the "Celia Paul" exhibition invokes works by some of the 19th-century painters in The Huntington's permanent collection 

Black-and-white photo of a tree on the top of a rocky cliff.
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A Book Older than God: The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine

Mar. 26, 2024

The rings of bristlecone pines, the planet’s longest-living trees, chronicle past details about changes in the climate and other environmental variations of global significance. The Huntington’s Daniel Lewis explores this topic and more in his book “Twelve Trees: The Deep Roots of Our Future.”

Violinist Cho-Liang Lin
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Press Release - Violinist Cho-Liang Lin Named 2015 Artist-in-Residence at The Huntington

Feb. 17, 2015

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens has named internationally acclaimed violinist Cho-Liang Lin as its artist-in-residence for 2015. The musical residency is presented under the auspices of the Cheng Family Visiting Artist Program

Portrait of the See Family, including Fong See (third from left) and Letticie “Ticie” Pruett (second from right) and their five children, 1914. Unknown photographer. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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News Release - The Huntington Acquires the Papers of the Chinese American Family Featured in the Book “On Gold Mountain” by Lisa See

May 13, 2020

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired the papers of Gilbert, Florence, and Leslee See Leong, members of two of the earliest and most prominent Chinese American families in Los Angeles