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The exhibition “The Hilton Als Series: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye” is on view through May 11 in the Huntington Art Gallery. Photo by Deborah Miller.
Exhibitions

The Hilton Als Series: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Wed., Feb. 12, 2020 | Thea Page
An installation of contemporary British paintings of fictional Black characters has been juxtaposed with The Huntington's collection of 18th-century British portraits
Thatcher William Cahill carefully places reeds on the roof of the Pavilion for Washing Away Thoughts (Di Lü Ting 滌慮亭). Photo by Andrew Mitchell.
Botanical

An Age-Old Craft and a Brand-New Roof

Wed., Feb. 5, 2020 | Usha Lee McFarling
The Pavilion for Washing Away Thoughts (Di Lü Ting 滌慮亭) lies tucked along the stream between the Japanese and Chinese gardens.
The North Vista at The Huntington, after the planting of 22 new Livistona decora palm trees. Photo by Jessica Pettengill.
Botanical

New Palms Along the North Vista

Wed., Jan. 29, 2020 | Jessica Pettengill
The North Vista—with its stately lawn, Baroque fountain, and Henry E. Huntington's personal sculpture collection—has been an iconic location at The Huntington
Greg Olsen, Sacred Grove. Used with permission.
Conferences

The First Vision of Joseph Smith, Jr.

Wed., Jan. 22, 2020 | Richard E. Bennett
On Jan. 24 and 25 in Rothenberg Hall, The Huntington is hosting a conference on Mormon history that commemorates the 200th anniversary of the First Vision experience
The exhibition “Beside the Edge of the World” features work by the following artists and writers (left to right): Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Robin Coste Lewis, Nina Katchadourian, Dana Johnson, and Rosten Woo. They stand before Doyle Lane’s Mutual Savings and Loan Mural, 1964, at The Huntington. Photo by Kate Lain. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Exhibitions

Beside the Edge of the World

Wed., Jan. 15, 2020 | Carribean Fragoza
The new visual and written works in "Beside the Edge of the World" guide us boldly beyond the limits of the world documented in archives
Illustration of Isaac Newton (1643–1727) in Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or Universal dictionary of arts, sciences & literature . . . compiled, digested, and arranged by John Wilkes . . . assisted by eminent scholars, London, Adlard, 1810–29. The Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
History of Science

The Newton You Didn’t Know

Tue., Jan. 7, 2020 | Joel A. Klein, Ph.D.
Isaac Newton (1643–1727) is generally regarded as one of the most significant individuals in the history of science.
William Allison Sweeney, History of the American Negro in the Great World War, 1919, Cuneo-Henneberry, Chicago. This photo in Sweeney’s book shows troops arriving in France. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Art

The Library Tells the Story of “Nineteen Nineteen”

Thu., Jan. 2, 2020 | Linda Chiavaroli
Once asked by the press if he planned to write a memoir, the famously private Henry E. Huntington demurred.
Collage of Verso highlights from 2019.
Uncategorized

2019 Verso Retrospective

Mon., Dec. 23, 2019 | Kevin Durkin
On Aug. 30, 1919, Henry and Arabella Huntington signed the trust agreement that established The Huntington
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