Videos and Recorded Programs
Videos about The Huntington and previously recorded lectures, programs, and conferences.
Lunchtime Art Talk on Alexandra Noel
Wed., April 28, 2021Join Erin Christovale, associate curator at the Hammer, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Alexandra Noel, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition “Made in L.A. 2020: a version.”
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The Tale of Genji: Imaged and Reimagined
Thu., April 22, 2021In this Genshitsu Sen lecture, Dr. Bruce A. Coats, professor of art history and the humanities at Scripps College, surveys the extraordinary literary and visual art traditions inspired by the 11th-century novel The Tale of Genji, written by Japanese court lady Murasaki Shikibu, with an emphasis on how the novel has been imaged and reimagined for a millennium.
Photo caption: Ebina Masao (1913–1980), The Tale of Genji:...
Lunchtime Art Talk on Hedi El Kholti
Wed., April 21, 2021Join Aram Moshayedi, Robert Soros Curator at the Hammer, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Hedi El Kholti, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition “Made in L.A. 2020: a version.”
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Object of My Nostalgia: Designating the Isherwood-Bachardy Residence and Studio in Los Angeles
Wed., April 21, 2021Historic preservation consultants from Chattel, Inc. share how the Christopher Isherwood papers at The Huntington were instrumental in the designation of the Santa Monica Canyon home of writer Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986) and artist Don Bachardy as a Historic-Cultural Monument in Los Angeles. The lecture includes a pictorial tour of the residence and studio–where Bachardy still lives–and a review of the nomination process.
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Robert Chattel,...
Virtual Conference - “This Reading of Books Is a Pernicious Thing”: Restoration Women Writers and Their Readers
Thu., April 15, 2021Key scholars come together at this two-day conference to assess developments in the study of Restoration women writers such as Aphra Behn and Margaret Cavendish (the Duchess of Newcastle), their reception in their own period, and increasing popularity today. Behn and Cavendish have international societies devoted to the study of their works, and both they and others such as Katherine Philips (“Orinda”) and Anne Finch...
Lunchtime Art Talk on Aria Dean
Wed., April 14, 2021Join Connie Butler, chief curator at the Hammer, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Aria Dean, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition “Made in L.A. 2020: a version.”
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Hdoc: Breaking News First Interrupts Television in 1949 (Los Angeles, CA)
Thu., April 8, 2021On April 8, 1949, a three-year-old girl fell down an abandoned water well in San Marino, California. The television coverage of the rescue attempt tapped into the deep spring of attention that a live broadcast can bring to news. Historian William Deverell visits the site of the tragic accident and discusses how the failed rescue of Kathy Fiscus previewed the wave of change that television...
Lunchtime Art Talk on Kandis Williams
Wed., April 7, 2021Join Nika Chilewich, curatorial assistant at the Hammer, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Kandis Williams, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition “Made in L.A. 2020: a version.”
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