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Videos and Recorded Programs
From Darkness to Light: In Conversation About Joseph Wright of Derby's "Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump"
Wed., March 30, 2022In response to Mathew Craske’s prize winning recent biography of Joseph Wright of Derby, Huntington curators Joel Klein and Melinda McCurdy discuss Wright’s iconic painting, Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump (1768) in the exhibition, “Science and the Sublime: A Masterpiece by Joseph Wright of Derby,” in the context of older traditions of European art and of the history of science.
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Pretty in Pink
Tue., March 29, 2022 | Sandy MasuoAt this time of year, flowering fruit trees are in the spotlight for their showy displays of pink blossoms, but there is a lot of competition throughout The Huntington’s gardens. Although many trees share the pink color palette, if you look closely, you’ll see that each one is distinctive.
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Lily Lee Chen, Mayor of Monterey Park
Tue., March 22, 2022 | Li Wei YangOn April 13, 1982, Lily Lee Chen was elected to the city council of Monterey Park, a city in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County that had become one of the first “suburban Chinatowns” in the United States. In 1984, Chen made history by becoming the first female Chinese American mayor in the nation.
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Charles Yu in Conversation
Tue., March 15, 2022 | Cheryl ChengFor The Huntington’s 2022 Founders’ Day celebration, a conversation was held on March 2 between acclaimed writer Charles Yu and Huntington Trustee Simon K.C. Li. They discussed Yu’s experiences writing in multiple genres, the role of fiction in constructing identity, and current U.S. dialogues about identity and race.
News
News Release - The Huntington Acquires Eve Babitz Archive
Thu., March 10, 2022The collection spans from 1943 to 2011, documenting the professional and personal life of the LA author and cultural figure through manuscripts, original works of art, journals, photographs, and correspondence
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Behind the Scenes with Sonya Levien
Wed., March 9, 2022 | Natalie RussellThe life of Sonya Levien (1888–1960) reads like a rags-to-riches fairy tale. But it is also a story of fortitude, feminism, and the ability to balance personal, family, and financial ambitions.
Videos and Recorded Programs
In Conversation with Ourselves: Wright of Derby’s "Air Pump" as a Modern Moral Subject
Wed., March 9, 2022In this lecture, renowned art historian David Solkin shows how Joseph Wright of Derby constructed conflicting messages out of an eclectic mix of elements drawn from different pictorial traditions in An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump and asks us to consider the artwork's relevance today.
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Negotiating Religious Difference in 18th-Century Kilkenny
Wed., March 2, 2022 | Jonathan KochOn Feb. 15, 1774, a young man from Kilkenny, Ireland, wrote his name across the title page of an old book. Purchased in Kilkenny's robust secondhand book trade, the slim quarto of theology had once belonged to a local Protestant minister. But its new owner was no clergyman.