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Interview with Octavia E. Butler Fellow Lois Rosson
Tue., Jan. 30, 2024 | Kevin DurkinLois Rosson, The Huntington’s 2023–24 Octavia E. Butler Fellow, discusses her experience at NASA, her study of astronomical illustrations as extensions of the frontier West, and Butler’s alternative vision of space.
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The Imagined Library of R.B. Kitaj
Tue., Jan. 23, 2024 | Sabina ZonnoAmerican artist R.B. Kitaj, one of the major figures in the London art scene of the 1960s, loved books not only for their contents but as tangible objects. Kitaj created an imagined library in screen prints, which is on display in the Huntington Art Gallery through March 4, 2024.
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New Conservation Discoveries: Edward Hopper’s “The Long Leg”
Tue., Jan. 16, 2024 | Christina M. O’Connell, Kevin DurkinWhile examining and treating Edward Hopper’s iconic painting “The Long Leg,” Christina M. O’Connell, the Mary Ann and John Sturgeon Senior Paintings Conservator at The Huntington, discovered something that others have overlooked.
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Greetings from The Huntington’s Archives
Tue., Jan. 9, 2024 | Sandy MasuoThe custom of using an eye-catching greeting card to convey good wishes is a time-honored tradition, one exceptional chapter of which can be found in The Huntington’s archives.
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Revisiting 2023 at The Huntington
Tue., Dec. 26, 2023 | Kevin DurkinThe Huntington is a place of wonder, beauty, and intellectual engagement. With the following selection of Verso posts, we invite you to revisit some of The Huntington’s 2023 highlights.
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More Than Meets the Eye: Plant Conservation at The Huntington
Tue., Dec. 19, 2023 | Sandy MasuoWhen Henry E. Huntington purchased his estate in 1903, plant conservation was not foremost in his plans, but his passion for rare and unusual plants created the foundation for botanical collections that are significant to conservation initiatives in the 21st century.
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Hdoc: Books of Pictures & Pictures of Books
Wed., Dec. 13, 2023Museums have an origami-like relationship with time because visitors can fold together different eras while navigating the galleries. Two exhibitions currently on view, ”Paintings in Print” and “In Our Time,” are perfect for this folding process. They cover three centuries and half the globe, but both contain works that were criticized in their time for not being art because they were printed.
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Betye Saar’s “Drifting Toward Twilight”
Tue., Dec. 12, 2023 | Lynell GeorgeBetye Saar’s “Drifting Toward Twilight,” a site-specific installation commissioned by The Huntington, poetically connects the external realm to interior territories—The Huntington’s grounds to its galleries and the life of the body to the mind—and has also been a way to manifest the artist’s personal history.