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Artist R.B. Kitaj’s Screen Prints Depicting Book Covers to Go on Display Aug. 5

Tue., May 16, 2023
“In Our Time: Prints by R.B. Kitaj” will showcase 44 prints over two rotations, exploring the intersection between literary and visual arts.
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The Huntington Commissions Artist Betye Saar to Create Site-Specific, Immersive Installation

Wed., April 26, 2023
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has commissioned artist Betye Saar to create a large-scale, immersive installation for the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art.
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Countdown Begins for the Reopening of The Huntington’s Historic Tea Room

Thu., April 20, 2023
The original 1911 building has been restored and a new outdoor pavilion opens onto the Shakespeare Garden. Press Preview on April 24. Dining reservations can be made beginning May 10.
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News Release - The Huntington’s Historic Tea Room to Reopen May 24

Tue., March 21, 2023
The original 1911 building has been restored and a new outdoor pavilion opens onto the Shakespeare Garden. Press Preview on April 24. Dining reservations can be made beginning May 10.

News Release - Hilton Als Named Inaugural Hannah and Russel Kully Distinguished Fellow in the History of American Art

Wed., Feb. 15, 2023
Hilton Als—Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, theater critic for The New Yorker magazine, and curator—is the inaugural Hannah and Russel Kully Distinguished Fellow in the History of American Art.

News Release - The Huntington Names Winner of 2023 Shapiro Book Prize

Mon., Feb. 13, 2023
The biennial award of $10,000 for outstanding first monograph in American history and culture goes to R. Isabela Morales for “Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom.”

News Release - Lauren Cross Appointed Gail-Oxford Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at The Huntington

Mon., Feb. 6, 2023
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the appointment of Lauren Cross as the new Gail-Oxford Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts.

News Release - Oldest Printed Book in The Huntington’s Collections to Go On Display April 29

Wed., Feb. 1, 2023
“Printed in 1085: The Chinese Buddhist Canon from the Song Dynasty” will showcase a sacred 11th-century Buddhist book and explore Chinese textual history.
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News Release - The Huntington Acquires Thomas Pynchon Archive

Wed., Dec. 14, 2022
The Huntington has acquired the archive of American author Thomas Pynchon, considered by many to be among the greatest novelists of our time.
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News Release - The 320-Year-Old Japanese Heritage Shōya House Will Open in Fall 2023

Tue., Dec. 6, 2022
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens will open a major new feature in its renowned Japanese Garden in the fall of 2023, when the reconstruction of a 320-year-old magistrate’s (shōya) house from Marugame, Japan, will be complete.
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News Release - The Huntington Acquires Major Work by Female 18th-Century French Master Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

Tue., Nov. 1, 2022
Portrait of Joseph Hyacinthe François-de-Paule de Rigaud, comte de Vaudreuil is the second masterpiece purchased through an Ahmanson Foundation gift.

News Release - Susan Juster Named W.M. Keck Director of Research at The Huntington

Mon., Oct. 3, 2022
SAN MARINO, Calif.—Following an international search, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the appointment of University of Michigan history professor Susan Juster to the position of W.M. Keck Foundation Director of Research.