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Reflecting on 2020 is not a popular pastime for obvious reasons. But looking back at The Huntington's "Verso" blog is worth your while! Digitization of the collections, unknown composers rediscovered, and guardians of the Rose Gardens are just some examples. Check it out > https://bit.ly/2WQUQdv
"I was astonished by the possibilities, the many doors of her life she’d left for me—for all of us—to walk through." In the latest edition of Huntington Frontiers, writer Lynell George shares excerpts from her new book on Octavia E. Butler. https://bit.ly/3rATNfV
#OctaviaEButler #OctaviaButler
Listen to episode 5 of The Huntington’s “Hear and Now” podcast to learn the stories of two immigrant families, who separated by the border, relied on letters to maintain their relationships. It’s available wherever you get your podcasts > https://bit.ly/2LE3olC
Slow your scroll and enjoy a moment of zen. 😌
📸: Zen Garden and Bonsai Court, courtesy of @_sogofree. #MuseumMomentofZen #atTheH
Sights from the #NorthPole 🦌❄️
These are just a few of 148 oil sketches made by Albert Operti, a fellow of the Geographical Society and official artist to Commander Peary's expedition to the North Pole in 1896. Every picture is historically correct and painted on the spot by Operti, who spent two years in the frozen north.
The Huntington will be closed for the holidays on #ChristmasEve, #Christmas Day, and #NewYears Day.
Join The Huntington for an all new, virtual book club. This three-part series, starting on Jan. 13, immerses participants in the world of Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning novel, "Hamnet". Participants begin the series in a discussion facilitated by Julie Robinson from Literary Affairs, followed by a conversation with Huntington staff and then round off the series with a virtual cooking class inspired by Tudor period cookbooks with Maite Gomez-Rejón of ArtBites. For more info > https://bit.ly/3gQSzrT
Artist Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork has been working with the intersection of sound, sculpture, and performance since 2002. In #MadeInLA2020, Gork's "Variations in Mass #3" consists of an air-blown sculpture that inflates and deflates alongside a timed sound composition.
This synchronized performance—paced by the simulation of breath—allows the sculpture, the loudspeaker, and the gallery walls to become parts of a sonic theater. The moment of the deflation produces in the words of the artist, a “feeling of empathy” for this dark, anthropomorphous, humorous, and almost grotesque mass.
Learn more about Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork and other #MadeInLA2020 artists: https://www.huntington.org/made-in-la/jacqueline-kiyomi-gork
#MiLAMondays
Think this is a lemon? Think again. 🍋
This little citrus fruit is a yuzu, ripening now at the Ranch. It is a hybrid of a mandarin orange and the ichang papeda, native to China.
While it is a popular culinary ingredient, yuzu baths are a #wintersolstice tradition in Japan, as the rinds contain anti-inflammatory and anti-viral properties.
A very merry #Caturday to you. 🐈⬛ 🎄
This handmade holiday album, given as a Christmas gift to astronomer Edwin Hubble in 1947, is entirely dedicated to the “Life & Times” of Nicolas Copernicus, the Hubble’s pet cat.
See the full album here: https://bit.ly/38hsuOV
As the world observes International Migrants Day, we are sharing the new episode “Letters Across the Border” from the podcast “Hear and Now at The Huntington.” Focusing on the stories of two immigrant families that relied on letters to maintain their relationships, this episode is available wherever you listen to podcasts. https://bit.ly/2LE3olC #InternationalMigrantsDay
Trees tell many stories. 🌳
In our “Lifelines/Timelines” garden exhibition, five installations of ancient bonsai provide a visual timeline to the creation of great works in our collections.
The trunk of this venerable juniper bonsai, on view near the Dibner Hall of the History of Science, references three rare works from the Library’s history of science collections, the earliest being Pliny’s “Natural History” (1469).
Learn more about the exhibit here: https://www.huntington.org/lifelines-timelines
📸: Barry Aronoff
Today the Community Partnership spotlight is on WriteGirl! For more than 5 years, WriteGirl has partnered with The Huntington to bring dozens of creative writing workshops to hundreds of girls and non-binary teens. Using The Huntington's gardens and art collection as inspiration, WriteGirl's teens participate in inspiring writing activities in genres that include songwriting, poetry, fiction, and screenwriting. Learn more here > https://www.writegirl.org/
December bloom report: roses, aloes, camellias, poinsettias, and more #atTHeH. 🌹🌸🌺
A central focus in artist Jeffry Stuker’s work is mimicry—both in nature, where it provides a strategy for the survival of certain species, and in digital imaging, which can manifest hyper-lifelike representations of reality.
For his work in #MadeInLA2020, Stuker showcases the Papilio clytia butterfly in medium-format slides at The Huntington and a digital video at the Hammer Museum. While the video work presents the insects pinned and labeled as specimens, the slides situate them in nature, resurrected, albeit in an entirely manufactured process, since both subject and context are wholly computer-generated.
#MiLAMondays
Working directly on canvases of raw hessian fabric, #MadeInLA2020 artist Katja Seib produces paintings that riff on photographs taken with her phone. Through subtle interplays of texture and image, deft brushwork, and meticulous attention to detail, Seib creates works that are at once familiar and strange. These small paintings are portraits of characters, which the artist sometimes calls protagonists, whom she has encountered in Los Angeles.
Learn more about Katja Seib and other #MadeInLA2020 artists here: https://www.huntington.org/made-in-la-2020
#MiLAMondays: While we wait to safely reopen our galleries, The Huntington and Hammer Museum will be sharing a look at the artists and artworks featured in #MadeInLA2020 every Monday.
How would you describe a pineapple to someone who had never seen one before? 🍍 In this video, explore early botanical illustrations with Botanical Director Jim Folsom and learn about the important contribution drawing lends to any pursuit of knowledge.
Jim Folsom offers a concise master class on the important contribution that drawing lends to any pursuit of knowledge, using examples of two botanical illust...
"Study for Hosannah" (1860), a drawing by Jewish artist Simeon Solomon, was inspired by a line in Psalm 149, "Praise for God’s goodness to Israel." Influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, Solomon's works depict the rituals of Jewish life and often portray scenes from the Tanakh.
What does it take to turn a bundle of flax from The Huntington's Herb Garden into a seven-ounce ball of thread? The answer involves waterfalls, combs, and a spinning wheel. Find out more about this incredible process on the blog > https://bit.ly/3oAdy53
May we brighten your day with photos of tiny turtles? These baby Red Eared Sliders were found during an irrigation line expansion in The Huntington's Jungle Garden. Thanks to our botanical team, they have been relocated to a safe spot by the Jungle Garden pond. 🐢
At the core of Umar Rashid's practice is a reimagining of romantic history painting and eighteenth-century colonial scenes. In his work for #MadeInLA2020, Rashid continues his critique of Spanish-controlled colonial California and the depredations of the indigenous population.
Watch these paintings come to life and learn how COVID-19 impacted Rashid's work here: https://bit.ly/3ouuObO
#MiLAMondays
Installed in #MadeInLA2020 are six "Pénétrables," a series of canvases developed by artist Nicola L. (1932–2018) into which viewers could introduce parts of their bodies. Each one is a different color and inscribed with a word that summons the image that the painting represents: “Cloud,” “Flower,” “Forest,” “Terre.”
Nicola L.'s furniture piece "Canapé Homme Géant / Sofa Homme" (Giant Cut in Pieces) is modeled after a man’s body. While the torso remains the core of the sofa, the oversize man’s limbs act as pillows to be rearranged. This work, like many of Nicola L.’s other functional sculptures, challenges traditional approaches to sculpture as an untouchable object.
Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3lMQRJ2
#MiLAMondays
For #MadeinLA2020, artist Diane Severin Nguyen created "Summer Cuts," a large-scale intervention installed alongside the windows of the Scott Galleries loggia. This large red curtain is slit, sliced, and cut in a manner that resembles Nguyen's process of making images, standing in for the technical process of photography itself as it filters the natural light outside and imprints textures onto the interior galleries. https://bit.ly/3qAfAnu
#MiLAMondays: While we wait to safely reopen our galleries, The Huntington and @hammer_museum will be sharing a look at the artists and artworks featured in #MadeInLA2020 every Monday.
“The Children’s Garden did not exist before Jim, the Conservatory, the Botanical Center, these greenhouses, the Chinese Garden. He expanded the Rose Garden, the Desert Garden is getting a makeover as we speak, there isn’t a square inch in the garden that he hasn’t had an impact on or influenced."
Check out this beautiful tribute by botanical staff to Jim Folsom, our outgoing Telleen/Jorgensen Director of Botanical Gardens. Explore more videos inspired by Jim's vision and educational legacy here: https://www.huntington.org/how-does-your-garden-grow
#ThrowbackThursday to holiday decorating in #DTLA. ❄️ 🎄 🌟
Need an escape? Explore the journey of early modern paper, learn about white women and the South's slave markets, discover the origins of Afrofuturism, and deep dive into the vibrant cultural life of early 19th century Japan. Learn more on the blog: https://bit.ly/3fTCNfA
Pictured: "Astro Black" album cover by the Afrofuturist pioneer, Sun Ra
Curious what #MadeInLA2020 is all about? Explore the show with curators Myriam Ben Salah, Lauren Mackler, and Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi as they tour the two mirrored “versions” installed at The Huntington and Hammer, and discuss the elements of entertainment, horror, and 4th wall presented in the exhibition.
#MiLAMondays: While we wait to safely reopen our galleries, The Huntington and Hammer Museum will be sharing peeks into “Made in L.A. 2020: a version” every Monday.
https://youtu.be/vfusWsSga94
Subscribe to the Hammer Museum's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjcgouIXgFyxJgAPbVE6dlg?sub_confirmation=1The fifth iteration of the Hammer Museum...
Need some gift ideas? Look no further than our made-to-order custom prints. Today is #MuseumStoreSunday, use code MSS10 at check-out for 10% off*. Find your perfect print this festive season > https://bit.ly/2V4RVx3
(*Cannot be combined with Member discounts.)
Pictured:
Ernst Haeckel, "Trochilus," 1904.
Henry Charles Andrews, "Paeonia suffruticosa; var. flore purpureo," 1799-1814.
Unknown French graphic artist, "Biscuits dessert parisien pain d'épices : Guillout," date unknown.
James Stewart, "Plocacosmos: or the whole art of hair dressing (II)," 1782.
Ernst Haeckel, "Desmonema," 1904.
Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (author), "Clematis passionalis, Fleur de la Passion (Phytanthoza Iconographia, plate 396)," 1737-1745.
This has been a Thanksgiving week like no other. If you need a quiet break and a moment of calm, check out "Close Looking at The H"- a series of videos created by the education department to encourage close looking. Each video explores an object from The Huntington’s collections and includes questions, prompts, and time for observation. Discover more here > https://bit.ly/3cKRxdu #MuseumMomentOfZen
Pictured: The subject of one of the videos "Juniper in Round Design. Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu) 十竹齋書畫譜; volume 3 (Man)" (1633).
Wishing you a joyous Thanksgiving. 🦃 🍁
The Huntington is closed for the holiday and will be open with advance reservations required on Fri., Nov. 27. https://www.huntington.org/plan-your-visit
The ginkgos are going golden! ✨ 💛
See more fall favorites and autumn blooms over on Verso: https://bit.ly/371PWPq
Calling all birders! Can you identify these avian visitors #atTheH? Swipe right for a gallery of recent airborne guests.
Photographs by:
Jeff Silverman
Ben Brewington
Brenda Rees
Christy Wilhelm
Dawn del Vecchio
Jeff Silverman
Jerry Williams
Lilon Meng
Wendy Lang
Wendy Munster
Xiaoyun Jian
For #MadeInLA2020, artist Ligia Lewis produced ‘deader than dead,' which began with an intrigue-based inquiry into deadpan, a comedic mannerism deployed to illustrate emotional distance.
Though Lewis initially developed choreography for ten dancers, that concept changed due to COVID-19, reducing the cast to four performers and pivoting to a more traditional theatrical presentation.
In this new work, the dancers use Macbeth’s soliloquy (“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,” a reflection on repetition and meaninglessness) as the beginning of a work that unfolds in modular parts, each one an illustration or parody of death, stasis, and the void.
View 'deader than dead' and learn more about Ligia Lewis here: https://bit.ly/2KoO5N1
#MiLAMondays: While we wait to reopen our galleries, The Huntington and Hammer Museum will host a behind-the-scenes look at artworks in "Made in L.A.: a version" every Monday.
This sculpture by #MadeInLA2020 artist Ann Greene Kelly was inspired by Huntington collections, specifically the intricately carved drapery of Harriet Goodhue Hosmer’s marble sculpture "Zenobia in Chains" (1859) and the Arts and Crafts furniture on display nearby.
The table and leaning chairs are draped with fabric that conceals the shapes of the objects, making them appear mostly as bumps or folds; and the tilted arrangement activates the anthropomorphized form, imparting a sense of movement to inanimate objects.
Learn more about Ann Greene Kelly's works here: https://bit.ly/3frb8lJ
#MiLAMondays: While we wait to reopen our galleries, The Huntington and @Hammer will host a behind-the-scenes look at artworks in "Made in L.A.: a version" every Monday.
We're kicking off #MiLAMondays with this fantastic textile work by Christina Forrer. While Forrer's practice is rooted in classical tapestry, taking inspiration from folk traditions and history painting, her works for #MadeInLA2020 reflect on transference and trauma, tracing how prejudice, anxiety, and strife can permeate generations. Read more about her works here: https://bit.ly/3pUhf6Y
Ode to an autumn Rose Garden. 🌹 🍂
📷: Noah Pelletier
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Listen to episode 5 of The Huntington’s “Hear and Now” podcast to learn the stories of two immigrant families, who separated by the border, relied on letters to maintain their relationships. It’s available wherever you get your podcasts > https://bit.ly/2LE3olC
As the world observes International Migrants Day, we are sharing the new episode “Letters Across the Border” from the podcast “Hear and Now at The Huntington.” Focusing on the stories of two immigrant families that relied on letters to maintain their relationships, this episode is available wherever you listen to podcasts. https://bit.ly/2LE3olC #InternationalMigrantsDay
“The Children’s Garden did not exist before Jim, the Conservatory, the Botanical Center, these greenhouses, the Chinese Garden. He expanded the Rose Garden, the Desert Garden is getting a makeover as we speak, there isn’t a square inch in the garden that he hasn’t had an impact on or influenced." Check out this beautiful tribute by botanical staff to Jim Folsom, our outgoing Telleen/Jorgensen Director of Botanical Gardens. Explore more videos inspired by Jim's vision and educational legacy here: https://www.huntington.org/how-does-your-garden-grow
There's a mad scientist loose at The Huntington, and no gourd, pumpkin or squash is safe! Explore bizarre botany and more over at "Strange Science: Tales From the Vault."🎃 🔪 https://bit.ly/32zQg4H
This #Halloween, experience the eerie side of The Huntington. 👻🥀🧙♀️🌓 On Oct. 31, our virtual event "Strange Science: Tales From the Vault” opens to the public, featuring rarely seen objects, bizarre plants, and devilish treats and elixirs to make at home. Want early access? Become one of our Premier level #HuntingtonMembers to experience Strange Science starting tomorrow at 10 am. More details here: https://bit.ly/32zQg4H
How exactly does a manuscript page transform into a digital file? 📜 ➞ 💻 Find out in this video from special projects photographer Ibarionex Perello, as he shares the process of digitizing hundreds of letters from the Chávez-Alvarado collection (soon to be available on our online catalog!). #AmericanArchivesMonth #ArchivesMonth
Welcome to Liu Fang Yuan 流芳園. Experience the newly expanded Chinese Garden at The Huntington, now one of the largest in the world. Reserve your ticket here: https://www.huntington.org/plan-your-visit
Have you listened to “Loren Miller,” the fourth episode from The Huntington’s podcast “Hear and Now”? Listen here: https://bit.ly/3ljqRWB All episodes are available as close-captioned videos on The Huntington's YouTube channel: link: https://bit.ly/2FCsbnq
Episode 4 is here. Listen to The Huntington’s podcast “Hear and Now” to learn more about Loren Miller, one of the most important lawyers of the civil rights movement. Available wherever you listen to podcasts > https://bit.ly/3ljqRWB
it's aliiiive! Native to Australia, finger limes (Citrus australasica) contain spherical vesicles that pop out when you cut them open. The little pearls are known as "lime caviar," and can be used as a garnish or ingredient in recipes. Thanks to gardener Gretta Treuscorff (@littleranchgardener) for sharing this sneak peek of what's growing in the Ranch Garden, which is closed to the public for now.
Today's Huntington Creativity Lab is called "Leaf Buddies!" All you need are some plant materials and your imagination. . 🍃 If possible, go for a walk outside your home and gather things that inspire you, such as leaves, buds, flowers, seeds, or other found objects. Choose materials that are different shapes, textures, colors, and sizes. . 🍃Look at the shapes. Do any of them remind you of a bird, a fish, or any other creature? Turn them around and upside down until you “see” something 👀. If you look long enough, an animal will emerge! . 🍃Assemble your shapes with glue or tape on a background of your choice. Or simply arrange them on the page, and then have fun rearranging them to form different animals. Ta-da! You have a Leaf Buddy! #TheHAtHome
Have you listened to episode 3 from The Huntington’s new podcast “Hear and Now”? It’s available wherever you get your podcasts > https://bit.ly/2KGacLM #podcasts
Episode 3 is here! Check out “Testing Old Recipes” from The Huntington’s new podcast “Hear and Now.” Available wherever you listen to podcasts > https://bit.ly/2KGacLM #podcasts
"Psychologists say that looking at images of nature can help reduce stress, anxiety, and even boost sustained attention." Have you listened to the second episode of our new podcast "Hear and Now at The Huntington"? Available wherever you listen to podcasts > https://bit.ly/2KGacLM
Day-dreaming of summer? Same. This week's "Staff Favorite" is from Cheryl Brier in Communications, talking about Edward Hopper's "The Long Leg" (ca.1930) and the memories it conjures up of past family vacations. . #MuseumFromHome #TheHAtHome
If only videos could be “scratch and sniff!” Dwarf English lavender has the sweetest smelling flowers. #MuseumMomentofZen #TheHAtHome . The Huntington remains closed. We are actively working on reopening plans and look forward to welcoming visitors soon. Updates will be posted on our website and social channels.
"This landscape reminds me there is beauty to be found in my own neighborhood." In this week's "Staff Favorite" video, Melinda McCurdy, associate curator of British art, talks about her love of "Flatford Mill from the Lock" (ca. 1881) by John Constable. #TheHAtHome
3..2..1..BLAST OFF! Enjoy this drone footage from the Rose Garden last week. 🌹 . The Huntington remains closed until further notice. We are actively working on reopening plans and look forward to welcoming visitors soon. Updates will be posted on our website and social channels.
Bird is the word. 🦅 This week's Staff Favorite comes from graphic designer Rebekka Takamizu. She shares her love of bird-watching at The Huntington and talks about some of the feathery friends that the gardens call home. #TheHAtHome
Do you know about Saint Roch? He's a Catholic saint often prayed to for protection against the plague. In this short video, Catherine Hess, chief curator of European Art, tells us more about this timely saint and discusses Giambattista Tiepolo's painting of him that hangs in the Huntington Art Gallery. . #TheHAtHome
Come take a stroll through the Shakespeare Garden with Tom Carruth, curator of the Rose Collections. 🌹 #MuseumFromHome #TheHAtHome
Watch this week's Staff Favorite, featuring Vanessa Wilkie, curator of medieval manuscripts and British history, as she tells us about her love of the “Arma Christi,” a manuscript of religious prose and verse made in England between 1450 and 1467. Link to the manuscript: https://bit.ly/3f67kWs #MuseumAtHome #TheHAtHome
Our new podcast "Hear and Now at The Huntington" launches April 30. Join host Giovana Romano Sanchez as she explores objects and ideas found at The Huntington for an original take on the issues we’re facing in the world, right now. Monthly episodes available wherever you listen to podcasts > https://bit.ly/2KGacLM
Bird is the word. Happy birthday to ornithologist, naturalist, and painter #JohnJamesAudubon, born #onthisday in 1785. Here's an assortment of drawings from his body of work, “The Birds of America” (1827-38) at #TheHuntington. #TheHAtHome #MuseumFromHome
While digging about in the archives, our videographer stumbled on this footage from 1968 of Huntington security guards, groundskeepers, and other staff. A brief look back in time. #TheHAtHome #MuseumFromHome
Take a walk with Tom Carruth, curator of the Rose Collections as he shows off our bloomin' wonderful Rose Garden. Filmed this morning! 🌹 Did you know the Rose Garden was originally created for Henry and Arabella Huntington in 1908? Roses were a particular favorite of Arabella. 🌹 The garden provided cut blooms for large elaborate floral arrangements for the Huntington's home. 🌹 The Rose Garden covers three acres. It now contains more than 3,000 individual plants and more than 1,200 different cultivated varieties (cultivars). 🌹 The spring bloom begins in late March and extends beyond Thanksgiving, thanks to Southern California's mild climate!
To celebrate #NationalLibraryWeek we asked Claudia Funke, chief curator of the Library collections- to share her top pick for our "Staff Favorites" series. She chose the maps of Sir Richard Francis Burton, a 19th-century British explorer, and who doesn't want a little "armchair travel" right now? 🌏 Click here to explore the Sir Richard Francis Burton Map Collection on the Huntington's Digital Library > https://bit.ly/2XwQEkJ. 🌍
Here's the next installment of our "Staff Favorites" series, featuring our fabulous colleagues telling us their top picks from The Huntington's collections. Today, Dan Lewis- senior curator for the history of science and technology, shares his appreciation for the Munsell Color System. Check out The Huntington Digital Library for more: https://bit.ly/34DuO0v #TheHAtHome #MuseumFromHome
Just a couple of ducks enjoying the fountain in the empty gardens. 🦆 #TheHAtHome #MuseumMomentOfZen
"Not shabby at all"- Tom Carruth, curator of the Rose Collections at The Huntington, filming wisteria in the Rose Garden last week. Stay tuned for photos from the rose bloom in the next couple of weeks! 🌹 🌹 #MuseumFromHome #TheHAtHome #wisteria
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