Huntington Verso

The blog of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

History of The Huntington

The Most Versatile Person Imaginable

Wed., Nov. 13, 2019 | Clay Stalls and Anita Weaver
With The Huntington's yearlong centennial celebration in full swing, there is no better time than now to recognize the legacy of the late Haydée Noya
Conferences

Notes from the Elizabethan Catholic Underground

Wed., Nov. 6, 2019 | Earle Havens and Mark Rankin
What happens to a religious culture once it is no longer allowed to exist? Where might we look to find the material remnants of a religious community that was gradually suppressed
Library

The Right Way to Remember Charles Dickens

Wed., Oct. 30, 2019 | Emily Bell
I was lucky enough to spend June 2019 as a Michael J. Connell Foundation Fellow at The Huntington, working with the James Thomas Fields Papers
Exhibitions

Dana Johnson and Delilah Beasley

Wed., Oct. 23, 2019 | Carribean Fragoza
Carribean Fragoza, a freelance journalist who writes about art in Southern California, focuses in this post on Dana Johnson, writer and associate professor of English
Conferences

In America, Nineteen Nineteen

Wed., Oct. 16, 2019 | Bill Brown
In the summer of 1919, from the pages of the Oakland Tribune, Professor Albert Porta predicted a "terrific weather cataclysm" for December 17—an event that would end the world.
Botanical

Preserving Biodiversity One Gene at a Time

Wed., Oct. 9, 2019 | Usha Lee McFarling
The Huntington has joined an ambitious effort to collect and preserve the biodiversity of all species on Earth.
Art

An Artist Obscured

Wed., Oct. 2, 2019 | Lauren Rodriguez
With his back turned to us, a mechanic is the focal point of Hugo Gellert's painting Worker and Machine (1928), currently on view in the Virginia Steele Scott Gallery of American Art.
Research

The Feast of the Thousand Old Men

Wed., Sept. 25, 2019 | Alexander Statman
"The Qianlong emperor, now regnant, gave a truly paternal feast for 3,000 old men assembled from all parts of the empire."
Conferences

Sincerely Yours, Wallace Stevens

Wed., Sept. 18, 2019 | Bart Eeckhout and Lisa Goldfarb
Especially among poets, artists, and scholars, Wallace Stevens stands as one of the giants of American poetry.
Exhibitions

Utopia is Nowhere

Tue., Sept. 10, 2019 | Carribean Fragoza
Carribean Fragoza, a freelance journalist who writes about art in Southern California, Vanessa Wilkie, the William A. Moffett Curator of Medieval Manuscripts and British History at The Huntington, and artist, designer, writer, educator, and /five participant Rosten Woo sat down to discuss More's Utopia.
Announcements

A Centennial Celebration for All

Thu., Sept. 5, 2019 | Amy Miller
Starting today, The Huntington kicks off the birthday of a century with something for everyone.
History of The Huntington

Huntington as Futurist

Fri., Aug. 30, 2019 | Huntington Staff
One hundred years ago today, on a hot, dusty day in San Marino, Henry E. and Arabella Duvall Huntington signed the trust indenture