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Around the World in Five Conferences

Apr. 2, 2013

When Joyce Chaplin attended a conference at The Huntington in January, she completed a rather remarkable journey that began with a visit here in November 2011. In a 14-month period, the Harvard historian presented papers at five Huntington conferences

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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

The Coast Live Oak in the Chinese Garden.
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Five Must-See Trees at The Huntington

May 9, 2023

The Huntington’s plant collections include roughly 800 tree species that range from iconic California natives to representatives of habitats from around the world. Here are five must-see trees to appreciate during your next visit to The Huntington.

Sunlit flowers of yellow and reddish-pink.
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Five Great Native Plants

Mar. 5, 2024

California natives add a regional flair to gardens and also support local wildlife; many birds and pollinators prefer native plants, and some depend exclusively on them. Native plants fit a variety of garden niches, from spectacular specimen trees to ground covers, vines, and colorful annuals.

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Five Lessons Learned in the California Garden

Apr. 27, 2017

As you stroll through the Frances and Sidney Brody California Garden, you may find it hard to believe that, just a few years ago, the same space was used primarily as a walkway and parking lot.

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Symbolism in Medieval Lists

Jan. 18, 2016

As a teenager, I thought it would be fun to collect lists, especially the kind that are known by their numbers: the 10 essentials for day hiking, which I learned as a Girl Scout, or the 12 ways that Wonder Bread helped build strong bodies

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.

Detail of materials related to the Greek lyric poet Sappho in the Huntington Library collections
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Engaging with the Collections

Jun. 29, 2017

Earlier this week, The Huntington announced "COLLECTION/S: WCCW/five at The Huntington," an exhibition that will be on view in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art from Nov. 18, 2017, through Feb. 12, 2018. 

The Three Graces and Marie Antoinette, a new porcelain and enamel vessel by Juliana Wisdom, sits atop a pedestal
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COLLECTION/S: WCCW/five at The Huntington

Nov. 13, 2017

For the better part of 2017, seven female-identified artists have been mining The Huntington's collections, bringing their own interests to bear upon the institution's holdings. On Nov. 18, when the exhibition "COLLECTION/S: WCCW/five at The Huntington" opens in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art

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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.”

20th century photograph of actress playing Sappho
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Artists in the Library

Sep. 11, 2017

A photograph of the actress, director, and producer Olga Nethersole (1867–1951) shows her descending from a pedestal on which she had been posing as a statue. Men crouch and kneel beneath her.

Artist Soyoung Shin photographs an 18th-century tapestry-covered fire screen in the Huntington Art Gallery
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Art Inspiring Art

Aug. 9, 2017

"This was one of the first major purchases of art that Henry Huntington made at the request of his wife Arabella," says Soyoung Shin. She is standing in front of the 19-foot wide tapestry The Bird Catchers in the Huntington Art Gallery. 

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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.

A lavender/purple 'Raspberry Kiss' rose with yellow waxy stigma and stamens viewable in the middle.
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Love, Botanical Style

Feb. 14, 2023

Valentine’s Day is a florist’s busiest time of the year and among the most popular at The Huntington. While visitors explore the splendor of the gardens, tucked among the rare books collection in the Library are the works of botanists in love—enamored of the plants themselves.

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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.

The exhibition “Beside the Edge of the World” features work by the following artists and writers (left to right): Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Robin Coste Lewis, Nina Katchadourian, Dana Johnson, and Rosten Woo. They stand before Doyle Lane’s Mutual Savings and Loan Mural, 1964, at The Huntington. Photo by Kate Lain. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Beside the Edge of the World

Jan. 15, 2020

The new visual and written works in "Beside the Edge of the World" guide us boldly beyond the limits of the world documented in archives

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EXHIBITIONS | Lifting the Veil [video]

Apr. 28, 2014

When a visitor enters the refurbished Library Exhibition Hall, it may seem as if the rare artifacts in that hushed and glittering space appeared as if by magic. Yet the new permanent exhibition, "Remarkable Works, Remarkable Times," is no conjurer's trick.

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Henry Moore on Paper

Jun. 13, 2018

Can a piece of sculpture and a print on paper have the same effect? The differences between them seem clear.

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Women Making Art

Mar. 30, 2017

In 2016, The Huntington launched /five, a five-year contemporary arts initiative focused on creative collaboration. The plan? Each year, a different arts or cultural organization is selected to bring in artists to create works in response to The Huntington's library, art, and botanical collections in new and unforeseen ways.

Inside of Orbit Pavilion
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Hearing NASA’s Earth Science Satellites

Nov. 15, 2016

As visual strategists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Dan Goods and David Delgado use art and design to explain science. Their newest project is the Orbit Pavilion sound experience, which recently opened at The Huntington. The large silver structure sits on the Celebration Lawn by the terrace of the 1919 café.

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ORCHID COLLECTION | An Extraordinary Orchid Blooms at The Huntington

Jan. 17, 2013

In 2002, a roadside orchid stand in the Peruvian countryside was the opening scene of one of the most infamous chapters in the history of orchidology. An American orchid collector, Michael Kovach, brought back a slipper orchid he had purchased there.

Unusual orchid
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All in the Orchid Family

Oct. 9, 2015

What comes to mind when you think of the word "orchid"? Do you picture the wrist corsage that you wore to your high school prom? Are you seeing the potted blooms in the floral section of the grocery store?