Jun. 21, 2022 by
Steve Hindle0 Comment(s)
June is a wonderful time of year at The Huntington: The flowers are in bloom, the gardens and galleries are bustling with visitors, and a fresh cohort of scholars are once again poring over our world-class...
A woman lies naked on the ground, warmed by the sun. The organic lines of her body echo the color and curves of the stone beneath her, and she seems to merge with her environment. The central image is...
Jun. 7, 2022 by
Robert Hori0 Comment(s)
Robert Hori, the gardens cultural curator and program director at The Huntington, was invited to serve as guest curator for an exhibition at the Portland Japanese Garden. The collaborative result is...
May. 31, 2022 by
Sandy Masuo1 Comment(s)
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic the amount of time that people particularly youngsters spent focused on screens was an issue of concern. When California issued its stay-at-home order in March 2020...
May. 24, 2022 by
Yinshi Lerman-Tan1 Comment(s)
Miki Hayakawa’s From My Window—on loan from the collection of Sandra and Bram Dijkstra in The Huntington’s Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art—captures a specific place and time
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May. 17, 2022 by
Cheryl Cheng8 Comment(s)
Why do museums matter? It’s a question on the minds of many museum leaders today, including Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, who spoke at The Huntington last month with Huntington President...
May. 10, 2022 by
Dympna Callaghan0 Comment(s)
Henry E. Huntington famously built a landmark collection of rare early editions of William Shakespeare’s plays and poems, which remain hugely important to scholars. But what about everyone...
May. 3, 2022 by
Li Wei Yang1 Comment(s)
Reconstructing the social and economic lives of Japanese Americans in Los Angeles in the early to mid-20th century requires a great deal of sleuthing in the archives. One such useful resource is the humble...
Apr. 26, 2022 by
Kevin Durkin1 Comment(s)
Five remarkable collections that tell vivid stories from the perspectives of a broad range of historical figures landed at The Huntington recently, courtesy of the Library Collectors’ Council, a group...
Apr. 19, 2022 by
Sola Saar-Agustsson0 Comment(s)
“Method and Material: Tempera Painting in Focus,” on view through Aug. 8 in the Huntington Art Gallery, brings together tempera works by William Blake, Joseph Edward Southall, George Tooker, Domenico...
Apr. 12, 2022 by
Sandy Masuo6 Comment(s)
Anyone who has ever been overwhelmed by a bounty of fruit from a generous backyard tree faces an age-old challenge: how to store abundant, delicious, and nutritious fruit for leaner times. The Huntington...
Apr. 5, 2022 by
Jennifer Wells1 Comment(s)
Sun-drenched Southern California is hardly the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of Ireland and its history. And yet, The Huntington is one of the largest repositories in the world for Irish-related...
Mar. 29, 2022 by
Sandy Masuo10 Comment(s)
At this time of year, flowering fruit trees are in the spotlight for their showy displays of pink blossoms, but there is a lot of competition throughout The Huntington’s gardens. Although many trees...
Mar. 22, 2022 by
Li Wei Yang0 Comment(s)
On April 13, 1982, Lily Lee Chen was elected to the city council of Monterey Park, a city in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County that had become one of the first “suburban Chinatowns” in...
Mar. 15, 2022 by
Cheryl Cheng17 Comment(s)
For The Huntington’s 2022 Founders’ Day celebration, a conversation was held on March 2 between acclaimed writer Charles Yu and Huntington Trustee Simon K.C. Li. They discussed Yu’s experiences writing...
Mar. 9, 2022 by
Natalie Russell0 Comment(s)
The life of Sonya Levien (1888–1960) reads like a rags-to-riches fairy tale. But it is also a story of fortitude, feminism, and the ability to balance personal, family, and financial ambitions
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