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Colonial Dreams: A French Botanists Encounter with Africa in the 1750s

Jan. 28, 2017

Mary Terrall, professor of the history of science at UCLA, discusses French botanist Michel Adanson, who spent almost five years in Senegal in the 1750s.

Negro Trailblazers of California by Delilah Beasley
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Beside the Edge of the World: Artist Spotlight

Dec. 13, 2019

Go behind-the-scenes with Rosten Woo, Dana Johnson, and Nina Katchadourian, as they explore The Huntington's collections through the lens of Thomas More's "Utopia." Their research informed new works created for the exhibition "

Njideka Akunyili Crosby, "The Beautyful Ones" Series #8.
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The Hilton Als Series: Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Apr. 18, 2023

Five works by Nigerian-born, Los Angeles–based artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby are spotlighted in a series curated by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author and New Yorker magazine critic Hilton Als, in collaboration with the Yale Center for British Art and each artist.

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Highlights from Founders’ Day 2024: Foundations and Futures

Mar. 12, 2024

On Feb. 22, 2024, Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence sat down with Lori Bettison-Varga, president of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, for a conversation that looked back at The Huntington’s past five years under Lawrence’s leadership and forward at the institution’s strategic aspirations. 

Art by Harmony Holiday
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God’s Suicide by Harmony Holiday

Jun. 24, 2021

Join actor Larry Powell as he portrays writer and public intellectual James Baldwin in this production of "Made in L.A.

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Rituals of Labor and Engagement: Carolina Caycedo and Mario Ybarra Jr.

Nov. 7, 2018

L.A. artists Carolina Caycedo and Mario Ybarra Jr.

Greenhouse Fantasies portrait by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
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The Hilton Als Series: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Feb. 24, 2020

Recent portrait-like paintings by contemporary British artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye are displayed adjacent to the historic Thornton Portrait Gallery at The Huntington in an exhibition curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hi

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Hear and Now at The Huntington

Mar. 31, 2021

Hear and Now is a new podcast that connects the incomparable library, art, and botanical collections at The Huntington with the wider world.