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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.”

Print of ships sailing to shore
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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 "

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.

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.

Two people sit in chairs on a stage in front of a large screen.
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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

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.

Loren Rothschild
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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

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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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.

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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.