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Representations of the Garden of Solitary Delight (Dule yuan)

Tue., April 17, 2018

Carol Brash examines four different representations of the Garden of Solitary Delight (Dule yuan), built in the 11th century by scholar-official Sima Guang.

News

News Release - The Huntington Selects Vincent Price Art Museum for Contemporary Art Collaboration

Thu., April 12, 2018

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it will partner with East Los Angeles College's Vincent Price Art Museum (VPAM) for the third year of The Huntington's /five initiative, inviting noted Los Angeles artists Carolina Caycedo and Mario Ybarra Jr. to create new work

Verso

Fiber Arts

Wed., April 11, 2018 | Manuela Gomez Rhine

A group of Herb Garden docents gathered in the Botanical Center's headhouse one recent morning to begin work on a textile installation piece they plan to display at the upcoming Fiber Arts Day, taking place on April 14

Videos and Recorded Programs

Carnegie Lecture: Sharing the Wonders of the Light and the Dark Universe

Mon., April 9, 2018

Marja K. Seidel, postdoctoral research associate with Carnegie Observatories, discusses her quest to understand dark matter and also shares her experiences bringing astronomy education to remote and under-served communities around the world.

Videos and Recorded Programs

To the Edges of the Earth

Thu., April 5, 2018

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson discusses his new book, To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration, and shares the story of three simultaneous and groundbreaking expeditions that pushed to the furthest reaches of the globe and brought within human reach a complete accounting of all the Earth’s surface.

Verso

The Queerness of Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Wed., April 4, 2018 | Catherine Bates

Shakespeare's Sonnets are enduringly popular. Many people recognize famous lines from the sequence or even know some of the sonnets by heart. Even though the first edition, published in 1609, was not reprinted in Shakespeare's lifetime

Frontiers

A Book Full of Seaweed

Sun., April 1, 2018 | Michele Currie Navakas

Algology preserves a passionate engagement with the underwater worldThe documentary Chasing Coral (2017) brings coral close. Using underwater time-lapse photography, the film chronicles the catastrophic effects of global warming on coral reefs.

Frontiers

Examining The Blue Boy

Sun., April 1, 2018 | Usha Lee McFarling

A paintings conservator and an ear surgeon talk shopThomas Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy (ca. 1770) may well be an icon of Western art and one of the most beloved attractions at The Huntington, but now that it is nearly 250 years old, this epic portrait is in need of some tender loving care.