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News Release - Chinese Garden’s New Art Gallery to Feature Contemporary Calligraphy in Inaugural Exhibition Focused on Illuminating the Art Form
Tue., Aug. 13, 2019Timed to coincide with the grand opening in May 2020 of the final phase of its Chinese Garden, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will present an exhibition of Chinese calligraphy as the inaugural installation in the garden's new art gallery.
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News Release - Grand Opening of Chinese Garden Expansion, Including New Pavilions, Art Gallery, and Café, on Track for May 2020
Tue., Aug. 13, 2019Nearly a year after breaking ground on the final phase of its renowned Chinese Garden, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that the project is on track for completion in May 2020.
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News Release - The Huntington's Centennial Celebration Launches on Sept. 5, 2019
Mon., Aug. 12, 2019The Huntington's Centennial Celebration kicks off on Sept. 5, 2019, with a special event for press and Southern California civic, higher education, and cultural leaders—a number of whose institutions are also celebrating significant anniversaries.
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Strengthening Bonds with Mexico Through Cryopreservation
Wed., Aug. 7, 2019 | Usha Lee McFarlingThe Huntington has taken a lead role in recent years in the cutting-edge field of plant cryopreservation
Videos and Recorded Programs
California Ranches: Lands in Transition
Mon., Aug. 5, 2019Architect Marc Appleton, author of “Ranches: Home on the Range in California”, discusses the history of cattle ranching in California. Once a robust industry in the state, ranching is now a much diminished and challenged enterprise, says Appleton, and many ranchers are witnessing the passing of a way of life. Listen
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Evidence of Pouncing in 17th-Century Print
Wed., July 31, 2019 | Mary LearnerEarly modern readers left their marks on the printed page in many ways: They wrote annotations or drew manicules
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News Release - Carolina Caycedo Video to Go on View in the Huntington Art Gallery
Mon., July 29, 2019A video work by acclaimed Los Angeles artist Carolina Caycedo that reconceptualizes several iconic Huntington spaces through Afro-Latinx and indigenous spiritual practices and dance will go on view Aug. 17, 2019, through Feb. 10, 2020
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A Scholar in the Stacks
Wed., July 24, 2019 | Lori Anne FerrellThe Huntington Library is one of the world's renowned independent research libraries, housing some 11 million items that span the 11th to 21st centuries.