The Huntington Announces 2027 Exhibition and Installation Schedule

KEY TAKEAWAYS  

• The Huntington’s 2027 exhibition season spans art, literature, history, and the natural world, reflecting the breadth of its library, art, and botanical collections. 
• The first exhibition to open in 2027, “Petromania,” traces traditions of stone appreciation across China, Japan, and California through rocks, paintings, and rare books. 
• “David Hockney: The Four Seasons” centers on The Four Seasons, Woldgate Woods (Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Autumn 2010, Winter 2010) by Hockney, one of the most influential British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Now in The Huntington’s collection, this immersive, multiscreen digital landscape captures the English countryside through the changing seasons and invites visitors to reflect on nature, landscape, and perception.
• “William Blake: From the Ancients to L.A.” brings together key works by Blake and artists and writers he influenced to explore his radical imagination and enduring legacy. 
• Four new installments of “Stories from the Library” will spotlight stellar collections in unexpected contexts, including the Gutenberg Bible as an icon of the Gothic aesthetic; childhood manuscripts from Robert Louis Stevenson to the Brontës and Christopher Isherwood; historical X-ray imagery; and relics of hair, including Abraham Lincoln’s. 
• The Huntington’s partnership with Ghetto Film School continues in 2027 with a presentation of short films created by high school and early college-age students. 

In 2027, The Huntington will turn its attention to an immersive digital landscape by David Hockney, radical visions of poet and artist William Blake, centuries-old traditions of stone appreciation, short films by Ghetto Film School students, and some of the Library’s singular holdings—including the Gutenberg Bible and a lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair. Several exhibitions and installations that opened in 2026 will also remain on view. 

Public programs will accompany the exhibitions. The Huntington will announce additional details throughout the year. 

Exhibitions and Installations Opening in 2027 

“Petromania: Obsessing about Stones from Asia to America” 
Jan. 31, 2027–March 27, 2028  

“Petromania” explores how the appreciation of rocks has shaped artistic and cultural traditions across China, Japan, and California. Drawing on stones, paintings, and rare books from The Huntington’s collections and local lenders, the exhibition traces centuries of aesthetic and philosophical inquiry. Stones have long been understood as embodiments of nature’s vital energy and as catalysts for poetry, painting, and contemplation. Practices of stone appreciation evolved across cultures and continents. By examining this enduring practice, the exhibition shows how ordinary rocks can inspire extraordinary ways of seeing the natural world and our place within it. 

“David Hockney: The Four Seasons”  
April 18, 2027–Jan. 17, 2028 

This exhibition centers on The Four Seasons, Woldgate Woods (Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Autumn 2010, Winter 2010) by David Hockney, one of the most influential British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Now in The Huntington’s collection, this immersive, multiscreen digital landscape captures the English countryside through the changing seasons and invites visitors to reflect on nature, landscape, and perception. Shown in dialogue with selected objects from The Huntington’s art and library collections, the installation places Hockney’s vision of East Yorkshire within a longer British tradition of observing and experiencing nature in art and literature. Presenting recent acquisitions for the first time, the exhibition offers a distinctive context for Hockney’s work and invites visitors to explore relationships among art, literature, and ways of observing, perceiving, and experiencing the natural world.

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About The Huntington 

The Huntington, a world-renowned cultural and educational institution, provides transformative experiences for a community of the curious. Founded in 1919 by Henry E. and Arabella Huntington, it supports research and promotes public engagement through its expansive library, art, and botanical collections. By cultivating dynamic scholarship, creating innovative programs for students and lifelong learners, and sharing its extraordinary resources, The Huntington invites all on a journey of discovery, insight, and connection. Only 12 miles from downtown Los Angeles, The Huntington is located at 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, California. Learn more at huntington.org.