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Mary Cassatt, Young Girl in a Large Hat, 1908, pastel on paper, 25 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Collection. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Art

Connecting with Mary Cassatt’s Pastels

Wed., March 10, 2021 | Lily Allen
Michelangelo and marble. Andy Warhol and silk screen. Yoko Ono and performance. Some artists have strong associations with specific mediums.
Detail of Declaration of Independence
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Recorded Programs: Jan. 13–Feb. 24, 2021

Wed., March 3, 2021 | Kevin Durkin
Home to gorgeous gardens, spectacular art, and stunning rare books and manuscripts, The Huntington also offers an impressive slate of programs
Melinda McCurdy
Announcements

Melinda McCurdy Named Curator of British Art, and a “Jewel”

Thu., Feb. 25, 2021 | Thea Page
You never know what will happen when Melinda McCurdy's phone rings.
Toshi Reagon. Photo by Desdemona Burgin.
Watch & Listen

Amplifying Black History

Fri., Feb. 19, 2021 | Lucy Spriggs
The year 2020 was like no other, from the devastation wrought by COVID-19 to the political turmoil and nationwide protests against systemic racism and injustice that erupted after the brutal killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor.
Letter from John Adams (1735–1826) to his son John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), April 8, 1777. John Adams served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. John Quincy Adams served as the sixth president of the United States from 1825 to 1829. L. Dennis and Susan R. Shapiro Collection. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Library

“The Paths of Honour, Truth and Virtue”

Wed., Feb. 10, 2021 | Olga Tsapina, Ph.D.
On April 8, 1777, John Adams, the future second president of the United States, wrote a letter to "Mr. John Quincy Adams," his eldest son and the future sixth president.
Lorenzo Mattielli, Alpheus and Arethusa, 1719–24, and the Italian statuary in the North Vista. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Photo by John Sullivan.
Art

The North Vista’s Italian Sculptures

Wed., Feb. 3, 2021 | Anna Engstrom, Sabina Zonno
The Huntington recently released a new, comprehensive audio tour about its outdoor sculpture collection, which includes examples from the 16th to the 21st century.
Before the Burning of the Old South Church in Bath, Maine by John Hilling, ca. 1854, oil on canvas, 21 3/4 x 27 7/8 x 2 1/8 in. (55.2 x 70.8 x 5.4 cm.). Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Art

The Burning of the Old South Church

Wed., Jan. 27, 2021 | Dennis Carr
Rising class divisions. Economic uncertainty. Anti-immigrant fervor. It was July 6, 1854.
Computer room for the 150-foot tower telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory, ca. 1974. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
History of The Huntington

Artificial Lives

Wed., Jan. 20, 2021 | Sherryl Vint, Peter Boxall
The notion of the artificial is necessarily understood in concert with the linked notion of the natural and thus the boundary between what is found and what is made.
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