Videos and Recorded Programs

Videos about The Huntington and previously recorded lectures, programs, and conferences

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Art

Sargent Claude Johnson–California School for the Blind Commission

Mon., March 18, 2024
In 1933, Sargent Johnson began a monumental architectural installation for the California School for the Blind in Berkeley. It was commissioned by the federally sponsored Public Works of Art Project—part of the New Deal.
Events

Huntington Founders Day 2024: Foundations and Futures

Tue., March 12, 2024
The 2024 Founders’ Day program marked The Huntington’s fifth anniversary under the leadership of President Karen R. Lawrence.
Events

Highlights from Founders’ Day 2024: Foundations and Futures

Tue., March 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

Hdoc: Books of Pictures & Pictures of Books

Wed., Dec. 13, 2023
Museums have an origami-like relationship with time because visitors can fold together different eras while navigating the galleries.
Events

2023 Haaga Program: Ramesh Srinivasan and Todd Presner on Generative AI

Tue., Dec. 12, 2023
On Nov. 20, 2023, digital democracy advocate Ramesh Srinivasan and digital humanities scholar Todd Presner joined Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence in a conversation about the rise of generative AI, focusing on the ethical implications of its aggregation of data at an unprecedented scale.
Events

Highlights from the 2023 Haaga Program: Ramesh Srinivasan and Todd Presner on Generative AI

Tue., Dec. 12, 2023
On Nov. 20, 2023, digital democracy advocate Ramesh Srinivasan and digital humanities scholar Todd Presner joined Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence in a conversation about the rise of generative AI, focusing on the ethical implications of its aggregation of data at an unprecedented scale.
Art

Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

Sat., Nov. 11, 2023
This short documentary film explores artist Betye Saar’s process creating “Drifting Toward Twilight,” a site-specific installation at The Huntington, and her recollections of her life and career.
Video

A Family Story from Native California: The Wright Family, Kinship and Mobility In California, 1849-1941

Sat., Nov. 11, 2023
William Bauer, professor of history at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, examines one family's story as part of the experience of Native peoples between the “abyss” of the 19th century and their return and revival in the 20th.
Video

Aristotle in Pieces: A Medieval Manuscript’s Journey from Italy to Pasadena

Sat., Nov. 11, 2023
Book historian Lisa Fagin Davis traces the journey of three pieces of a medieval manuscript written by Aristotle from 13th-century Italy to 20th-century America and The Huntington.
Events

Highlights from Why It Matters: Hilton Als in Conversation with Karen R. Lawrence

Tue., Oct. 17, 2023
Watch this highlight reel of the Sept. 28 “Why It Matters” event, where Hilton Als joined Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence for a lively conversation about his career, the relationship between visual and textual forms, and the endless inspiration found in The Huntington’s collections.
Events

Why It Matters: Hilton Als in Conversation with Karen R. Lawrence

Tue., Oct. 17, 2023
For the Sept. 28 “Why It Matters” event, Hilton Als joined Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence for a lively conversation about his career, the relationship between visual and textual forms, and the endless inspiration found in The Huntington’s collections.
Lectures

The Making of Disney's “Beauty and the Beast”

Tue., Oct. 10, 2023
Exhibition curator Wolf Burchard from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in conversation with producer Don Hahn, animator Glen Keane, and art director Brian McEntee.