“When I came in and applied at the museum,” says...
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Kress interpretive fellow Christine Park on “Encounters” and the importance of community engagement+
Last month the museum launched the weekly Encounters tour, which...
Curator’s Notes: Shawn Eichman on curating Art in a Time of Chaos, part 1+
The opportunity to bring Art in a Time of Chaos:...
In Memoriam: Philip H. Roach, Jr. (November 16, 1925 – April 28, 2016)+
The Honolulu Museum of Art is saddened to announce the...
Chung research group finds another hidden treasure in the Lane Collection+
The Lane Collection continues to astound researchers. In our last...
Philippine Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia has a HoMA ‘Encounter’+
The Philippine ambassador to Washington Jose L. Cuisia visited the...
Q+A with Mitsutoshi Nakano: Closing the book on a Richard Lane Collection research project+
Since 2010, scholars from Kyūshū University have been regularly visiting...
Curator’s Notes: How Utagawa Hiroshige captured the evolution of a city+
The Honolulu Museum of Art’s current exhibition Hiroshige‘s City: From...
New tour: Encounters connects Philippine and Renaissance art+
What does a 15th-century Renaissance painting have to do with...
‘Scholarly Gathering’ restored, now on view+
Two years ago three of Asia’s top art scholars visited...
Art Spotlight: Portraits of Kabuki Heroes+
Tough Love: Expressions of Confucian Morality in Japanese Woodblock Prints features...
Take a virtual tour of ‘Hiroshige’s City: From Edo to Tokyo’+
The Honolulu Museum of Art is home to the world’s...
Curator’s notes: Shawn Eichman on his talk at Beijing’s Palace Museum+
Recently, Beijing, with a population of nearly 12 million people,...
Students offers solution for increasing the museum’s digital access+
With a pen and yellow legal pad in hand, director...
Remembering—and thanking—Joanna Lau Sullivan and her family+
The Honolulu Museum of Art is saddened to learn of...
Staff Pick: Courtland Cleland on the curves of a god+
As assistant manager and buyer for the museum shop, Courtland...
Staff Pick: Jenny Engle experiences familiarity at first sight+
There’s something about the museum’s wooden Guanyin sculpture that demands reverence, even from...
Scenes from the members’ opening for ‘Splendor and Serenity: Korean Ceramics from the Honolulu Museum of Art’+
Last Wednesday Korean culture was in bloom at the museum...
‘Splendor and Serenity’ through the curators’ eyes: a primer+
Two days before Splendor and Serenity: Korean Ceramics from the...
‘Amidst the Rubble’ is a chilling but necessary reminder of the fragility of life+
On Sept. 1, 1923, an earthquake with a magnitude of...
Dr. Chester Chang and Korean Art at the Honolulu Museum of Art+
The special exhibition Splendor and Serenity: Korean Ceramics from the...
Into the dragon’s den: Visiting the home of our Korean Dragon Jar+
Last year, visiting curator of Korean art Ga Young Oh...
‘An American Artist in Postwar Japan’ breaks new ground for print exhibitions+
When An American Artist in Postwar Japan: The Prints of...
Museum curators get recognized by their peers for ‘Modern Love’+
Last week the Association of Art Museum Curators announced the...
The cinematography of Anno Moyoco’s Sakuran+
Now on view in Modern Love: 20th-Century Japanese Erotic Art...
Hokusai’s fulfilled dream of immortality+
At the heart of the exhibition Dreams of Mount Fuji: Masterpieces of...
A last look at ‘Through the Darkness’+
If you are a lover of Japanese woodblock prints and...
‘Love Vibes’ explored new territory in 1990’s Japan+
“I was always interested in manga, ever since I was...
The poetry of courtesan Utagawa highlighted in a woodblock print+
Every couple of months, our Asian art department puts up...
Museum milestone: Meet our first Korean art curator+
The Honolulu Museum of Art was one of the first...