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In this talk, Qianshen Bai, professor and Dean of the School of Art and Archaeology, Zhejiang University, explores some foundational questions concerning Chinese calligraphy: How did writing become a fine art in China? Where is the boundary between functional writing and visual art? And what are the social functions of Chinese calligraphy?
The Huntington presents the 38th Annual Succulent Plants Symposium as a Zoom webinar for the second year in a row. Join six of California’s most notable experts on succulent plant propagation as they discuss the plants that challenge them the most as growers and put their skill sets to the test.
From 1909 to 1928, the U.S. government required all Chinese people with legal status in the country to obtain certificates of identity. Li Wei Yang, curator of Pacific Rim Collections, explains how this document can help us understand our current immigration enforcement debates.