Standing in front of Lionel Walden’s blue-hued The Torchlight Fisherman, Waikiki on display in...
Academy staff
Staff Pick: The nature scene that inspires Hilary Sholin+
Almost exactly seven years ago, Hilary Sholin joined the Honolulu Museum...
Staff pick: How van Gogh brought Art School’s Sarah Smith to tears+
If you’ve ever been involved with the classes and programs...
Staff pick: Chris Emory loves the vibrancy of Madge Tennent+
Chris Emory is a filmmaker, tapa-maker, performance artist, cultural practitioner,...
Staff pick: Caitlin Kohl’s fascination with Suda House’s empowering ‘Salome’+
When you first enter the Honolulu Museum of Art, chances...
A message about the museum’s valued education work from director Sean O’Harrow+
In 1976, I was a second-grade student at Hokulani Elementary...
Teacher profile: Metals studio manager and teaching artist Kaori Vaughn on how teaching changed her love of jewelry making+
Downstairs in the metals studio of the Honolulu Museum of Art...
Beyond the museum: Collections manager Brady Evans and Art School instructor Gary Liu release lyric book zine at live performance+
Art and music are set to collide on the evening...
HI Society artist walk-through August 15+
Educators are invited to join the artists of HI Society...
The great guava harvest of 2012+
Today Patrick Dougherty started work on his installation at the...
Academy Registrar in Beijing 4: On Location in the Palace Museum+
For the “Masterpieces of Landscape Painting from the Forbidden City,” ...
Dec 7: A Hawai‘i artist’s connection to Japan+
Last month, BBC journalist and presenter Peter Snow interviewed Curator...
Academy Registrar in Beijing 3: Encounters with the Unexpected+
Third in my series on being a courier for “Masterpieces...
How a registrar prepares for an assignment to Beijing+
Several months before going to Beijing as a courier for...
Members’ opening of ‘Masterpieces of Landscape Painting from the Forbidden City’+
Last night’s members’ opening reception for Masterpieces of Landscape Painting...
More exciting changes: The new portraiture gallery+
A gallery is the canvas of curators. It is amazing...
Curator’s notes: More on Gallery 27 changes+
Our installation staff is busy in Gallery 27 removing temporary...
Curator’s notes: Transformation of Gallery 27 starts next week+
This is the first entry for what I hope will...
Curator’s notes: To New York to fetch the Cézanne+
Each year, the Academy receives numerous requests from museums the...
The Vogel exhibition: Making the conceptual concrete+
Curator Theresa Papanikolas and the installation crew are in the...
The Academy’s new director: Stephan Jost+
After a six-month search led by the New York-based firm...
Four Thousand Years of Southeast Asian Art opens+
The opening of Four Thousand Years of Southeast Asian Art...
Academy’s former deputy director named managing director of Dia:Beacon+
Susan Sayre Batton, who was deputy director of the Honolulu...
Inside The Academy Shop: A buyer’s eye view of Austin+
As an Assistant Manager and Buyer for the Academy Shop,...
Paris Dada: Not so crazy+
Theresa Papanikolas, Honolulu Academy of Arts Curator of European and...