Videos and Recorded Programs
Videos about The Huntington and previously recorded lectures, programs, and conferences.
Lunchtime Art Talk on Patrick Jackson
Wed., March 17, 2021Join Nicholas Barlow, curatorial assistant at the Hammer Museum, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Patrick Jackson, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition “Made in L.A. 2020: a version.”
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Lunchtime Art Talk on Kahlil Joseph
Wed., March 10, 2021Join Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi, Made in L.A. 2020 assistant curator of performance, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Kahlil Joseph, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition “Made in L.A. 2020: a version.” The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.
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Finding a True West: Recovering the Life of Charmian Kittredge London Through Archival Research
Wed., March 10, 2021Drawing from materials in The Huntington’s collections, author Iris Jamahl Dunkle tells the story of the free-spirited and adventurous Charmian Kittredge London—wife of American author Jack London—as a literary trailblazer in her own right. She defied modern expectations of femininity through a life of fortitude and bravery, in many ways paralleling the history of the American West. This is the Ray Allen Billington Lecture in...
Lunchtime Art Talk on Niloufar Emamifar
Wed., March 3, 2021Join Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi, Made in L.A. 2020 assistant curator of performance, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Niloufar Emamifar, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition “Made in L.A. 2020: a version.” The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.
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Virtual Bonsai-A-Thon 2021
Sat., Feb. 27, 2021The Golden State Bonsai Federation presents its annual Huntington Bonsai-A-Thon virtually this year (due to COVID restrictions). Ted Matson, curator of the bonsai collection at The Huntington, hosts video tours of the bonsai courts, the Ben Oki Bonsai Nursery, and the “Lifelines/Timelines” bonsai exhibition. Phillip E. Bloom, the June and Simon K.C. Li Curator of the Chinese Garden and Director of the Center for East...
Founders' Day Lecture - Mapping and Memory: Activating the Huntingtons’ Collecting Legacy
Wed., Feb. 24, 2021Dennis Carr, Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art gives brief remarks before being joined in conversation with artist Sandy Rodriguez, 2020-2021 Caltech-Huntington Art + Research Fellow. Together, they reexamine the Huntington family’s legacy and interest in the Spanish-speaking world and pose possibilities for how The Huntington can expand the stories represented in its galleries and exhibitions.
Founders’ Day is observed annually at The Huntington...
Lunchtime Art Talk on Buck Ellison
Wed., Feb. 24, 2021Join Nicholas Barlow, curatorial assistant at the Hammer Museum, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Buck Ellison, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition “Made in L.A. 2020: a version.” The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.
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Screening: deader than dead with Ligia Lewis & Mlondi Zondi
Sun., Feb. 21, 2021Movement artist and scholar Mlondi Zondi joins Made in L.A. 2020 artist Ligia Lewis in conversation, followed by a screening of Lewis’s dance performance deader than dead (2020). Conceived, choreographed, and directed by Lewis for Made in L.A., deader than dead was originally intended to be a live performance held within the Hammer’s galleries but was postponed due to the pandemic. The film not only...







