Six manuscript, book, and photo acquisitions span histories from Edo-period Japan and Arctic exploration to early America, English criminal justice, colonial Mexico, and experimental photography in Los Angeles.
The Huntington has acquired Robert Indiana’s 'LOVE,' the celebrated Pop Art sculpture, as a gift for its permanent collection. It will be unveiled before year’s end.
The federal government dismantled an exhibit about the Black freedom struggle in Philadelphia. The city fought back with an unlikely weapon: specialized academic research.
Claire Dederer, essayist, critic, and author of “Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma,” looks at the worlds of treasured queer libraries, starting with Christopher Isherwood’s own collection.