In an unorthodox move, the museum has repositioned the two elements of the installation Land Division: An Installation by Sean...
Contemporary art
Artists of Hawai‘i 2015: Ready, steady, go!+
Last Tuesday, the eight artists selected for Artists of Hawai‘i 2015 gathered in museum director Stephan Jost’s office for an...
Experience a sound-and-sketch session on Feb. 28+
Opening Feb. 27 is a whole new experience at the museum—Andy Graydon’s sound installation Fig. 1. We’ve designed a workshop...
New school tour explores connections between art and math+
Opening on Feb. 4 is our new curriculum-driven exhibition Less = More at Spalding House. This time art makes tangible...
Marc Thomas: The narrowing space between work and home+
“Most people know me as a painter, but this show is different,” says Marc Thomas, chief preparator at the Honolulu...
The season of giving: See the museum’s recent gifts and acquisitions starting Thursday+
Museums are constantly adding to their collections—filling the gaps of periods, artists and media—through purchases, but more often through gifts....
‘Modern Love’ preview: Interview with artist Tsubaki Anna+
Opening Nov. 20 is the museum’s third and final exhibition focusing on the genre of Japanese erotic art. The first...
‘Artists of Hawai‘i 2015′ artists selected+
Our website always gets a spike in visits whenever we post the artists selected for Artists of Hawai‘i, which is...
Andy Graydon: Phase 1 of ‘Fig. 1,’ opening in February+
In July, artist Andy Graydon was in the museum vault, examining a 5,000-year-old Chinese jade block, or ts’ung, an object...
Spatial Sculptors: Wrapping up our Orvis residency at Spalding House+
We just completed our Orvis Artist in Residency at Spalding House! Over the course of the past six weeks, Spatial...