On the heels of Disasters of War—our spring exhibition of...
Asian art
Staff pick: Shawn Eichman shares the extraordinary adventures of Bodhisattva+
Having spent the last ten years as the museum’s curator...
Saburo Hasegawa: Transnational impresario had an influence on the New York School+
Educated in Europe and well-versed in Western artistic traditions, the...
Staff pick: Nandi gives Josh Hancock wings+
Honolulu Museum of Art Café manager Josh Hancock is always...
Curator Stephen Salel’s sleuthing yields a rare book discovery+
You probably are familiar with the artist Katsushika Hokusai—thanks to...
Staff pick: Celeste Ohta opts for opulent Korean screens+
The museum’s collections managers oversee the movement of artwork to...
Curator’s Notes: Stephen Salel on his first rotation in the Japan Gallery+
The paintings and woodblock-printed books in the Japan Gallery’s current...
Noorjehan Bilgrami: Opening windows to South Asian history+
A week before Noorjehan Bilgrami’s exhibition Under the Molsri Tree opened...
Curator’s Notes: Katherine Love on the Japanese Water Jars from the Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection+
The exhibition Mizusashi: Japanese Water Jars from the Carol and...
Museum Shop: Exhibition-caliber wabi-sabi mizusashi on sale now+
Take a stroll through Mizusashi: Japanese Waters from the Carol...
Help HoMA win #ArtMadness—vote for us Friday!+
After a year off to organize a championship team, the...
Nevertheless, she was printed: Viewing Kiyoshi’s daring 1930 woodblock print ‘Tipsy’ in the age of memes+
How many drinks do you think she’s had? The...
UH uses museum’s Richard Lane Collection for workshop+
Since the museum acquired the Richard Lane Collection in 2003,...
Curator’s Notes: Shawn Eichman on Yun-Fei Ji’s Italian Renaissance influence+
In some ways, the world has always been a smaller...
In Memoriam: Dr. Valdo H. Viglielmo+
The north wind blows through trees, scattering leaves and raising...
Curator’s Notes: Shawn Eichman on The Hundred Geese’s dirty little secret+
One of HoMA’s most iconic paintings, The Hundred Geese, is...
Curator’s Notes: Why we chose the work of Takaya Miou to launch our manga exhibition series+
Visions of Gothic Angels: Japanese Manga by Takaya Miou (August...
The Met’s curator of Japanese art John Carpenter on ‘Imayō,’ and the past and future of Japanese art+
The museum has teamed up with the University of Hawai‘i...
Newly reinstalled Islamic Art Gallery opens Oct. 6+
For the last month the Islamic Art Gallery has been...
Staff Pick: How a Japanese screen painting makes Kiyoe Minami feel like a shogun+
The Honolulu Museum of Art has one of the most important collections...
Staff Pick: Manny Tagalicud on connecting to his cultural heritage through art+
Operations maintenance assistant Manny Tagalicud came to Hawai‘i from the...
Islamic Gallery closes during September for reinstallation+
In April, curator of Asian art Shawn Eichman announced that...
Last chance: Hiroshige’s City + Art in a Time of Chaos+
If you haven’t seen the museum’s two big summer shows—Hiroshige’s...
Staff Pick: A Buddhist relief spurs childhood memories for accounting clerk Emi Wooden+
Emi Wooden visited the Honolulu Museum of Art for the first...
Curator’s Notes: Shawn Eichman on curating ‘Art in a Time of Chaos,’ part 3+
Artworks from the exhibition Art in a Time of Chaos:...
Staff Pick: Development associate Ching Jen Lum brings history to life through dance+
When she’s not managing the museum’s Fellows membership program, development...
Curator’s Notes: Shawn Eichman on curating ‘Art in a Time of Chaos,’ part 2+
In my last post, I discussed a silver plate from...
Staff Pick: Security officer James Navaja connects with the museum’s katanas+
“When I came in and applied at the museum,” says...
Kress interpretive fellow Christine Park on “Encounters” and the importance of community engagement+
Last month the museum launched the weekly Encounters tour, which...