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Bill and Ned’s Excellent Adventures
Mon., March 13, 2017 | Fuson WangI've been tracking two people in the archives of the Huntington Library whose careers reveal surprising parallels. One is William Wordsworth, the Romantic-era Lake District poet who made a career of dancing among daffodils and touring the rural reaches of late 18th-century England.
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Press Release - Chad Alligood Named Chief Curator of American Art at The Huntington
Sat., March 11, 2017The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that Chad Alligood, curator at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., has been named Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art. Alligood, who joins The Huntington in late April, will oversee a growing collection
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#5WomenArtists in the American Collections
Wed., March 8, 2017 | Diana W. ThompsonThe history of art is peppered with tales of women artists who struggled to gain the same recognition as men. To shine a light on women’s artistic bounty, the National Museum of Women in the Arts kicked off a social media campaign last March to honor Women’s History Month.
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Kevin Starr Lives on at The Huntington
Thu., March 2, 2017 | William DeverellAt the dedication of The Huntington's Munger Research Center in 2004, California historian Kevin Starr (1940–2017), who died in January, said, "Southern California contemplates itself, defines itself, brings itself to further identity through a variety of agencies and instruments
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A Satire of the Three Estates: Renaissance Scotland’s Best Kept Secret?
Thu., March 2, 2017Greg Walker, Regius Professor of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, discusses Sir David Lyndsay’s remarkable play, “A Satire of the Three Estates”, probably the most dramatically and politically radical piece of theater produced in 16th-century Britain.
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Instagram Takeover with James Fishburne
Mon., Feb. 27, 2017 | Kate LainLast Thursday, we let art historian James Fishburne—guest curator of "A History of Whiskers: Facial Hair and Identity in European and American Art, 1750–1920"—run The Huntington's Instagram account for the day. In a nod to the exhibition, which is on view for just one more week, James spent the day looking at facial hair in our art galleries, touring us through "Shenandoahs," "chin curtains," and mustachioed teapots.
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Press Release - The Huntington Store and thehuntingtonstore.org Offer Exclusive Gifts for Father's Day
Fri., Feb. 24, 2017For the shopper looking for a unique Father’s Day gift, the Huntington Store is filled with thoughtfully curated items inspired by holdings of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
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Founder's Day Lecture
Thu., Feb. 23, 2017David Zeidberg, who retires in June after 21 years as director of the Library, will look back on some of the many highlights of his career in the annual Founder’s Day lecture.