Today Patrick Dougherty started work on his installation at the museum—this meant harvesting tons of strawberry guava saplings from Ho‘omaluhia...
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Academy Registrar in Beijing 4: On Location in the Palace Museum+
For the “Masterpieces of Landscape Painting from the Forbidden City,” I had the opportunity to get behind-the-scenes access to the...
Dec 7: A Hawai‘i artist’s connection to Japan+
Last month, BBC journalist and presenter Peter Snow interviewed Curator of European and American Art Theresa Papanikolas via Skype for...
Academy Registrar in Beijing 3: Encounters with the Unexpected+
Third in my series on being a courier for “Masterpieces of Landscape Painting from the Forbidden City.” Part of my...
How a registrar prepares for an assignment to Beijing+
Several months before going to Beijing as a courier for “Masterpieces of Landscape Painting from the Forbidden City” in October,...
Forbidden City, Beijing+
As HAA’s registrar I often escort our artwork to foreign places. In October I was very lucky to be part...
Members’ opening of ‘Masterpieces of Landscape Painting from the Forbidden City’+
Last night’s members’ opening reception for Masterpieces of Landscape Painting from the Forbidden City was the culmination of a year...
Curator’s notes: Extreme Makeover: Gallery 4 Edition+
At long last, Gallery 4 has a new look! When I arrived at the Academy three years ago, I was...
More exciting changes: The new portraiture gallery+
A gallery is the canvas of curators. It is amazing to see what they do with four bare walls. In...
Curator’s notes: More on Gallery 27 changes+
Our installation staff is busy in Gallery 27 removing temporary walls and building new ones to break up the gallery...