Role-play, or the taking on of another persona, can serve...
Exhibitions
“30 Americans” through the lens of role play, part 1+
This two-part blog post takes a closer look at selected...
“Hokusai’s Mt. Fuji”: an exhibition showcasing Hokusai’s renowned print series+
Starting on February 15, the Honolulu Museum of Art will...
Behind the Art: HoMA welcomes Mark Bradford on February 22+
Photo: Sim Canetty-Clarke, Courtesy of the artist and Hauser &...
On View at the First Hawaiian Center: Hiroki Morinoue’s Works Share his Life Story+
For over five decades, Hiroki Morinoue has carefully observed the...
Making History: “30 Americans”+
HoMA’s highly anticipated exhibition 30 Americans highlights works by 30...
“Immersive Spaces”: Thomas Struth’s “Paradise 33, Kauaʻi (Hawaiʻian Islands)” Calls for Contemplation+
On view as part of the Immersive Spaces exhibition at...
HoMA Announces Featured Artists in next year’s “Artists of Hawai‘i 2020″ Exhibition+
While HoMA’s triennial Artists of Hawai‘i exhibition has solidified the...
Curators’ Notes: A Look at Li Huayi’s Contemporary Reinterpretation of an Ancient Tradition+
One of the highlights of the exhibition Contemporary Landscapes: Li...
Artist Q+A: DB Amorin on his installation ‘Tracing the Veer’+
Opening this Saturday, Oct. 12, in the John Dominis and...
Closer look: Kiki Smithʻs ʻCompanionsʻ—is the big wolf so bad?+
When you walk into a gallery, some works of art...
See two ‘Immortal Mountains’ reunited in ‘Contemporary Landscapes’+
Now on view in Contemporary Landscapes: Li Huayi are two paintings, Immortal...
‘Contemporary Landscapes: Li Huayi’ includes a great slate of programs starting Aug. 24+
The museum’s next big exhibition, Contemporary Landscapes: Li Huayi, allows...
Marian Bijlenga shares her leftovers in ‘Constellation—drawing in space’+
“I like this yellow,” says Marian Bijlenga, examining Double Grid,...
King Kalākaua’s 1881 World Tour+
Hau‘oli Makahiki Hou! Did you know that in 1881, King...
Experience ‘Ho‘oulu Hawai‘i’ in ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i with the HoMA app+
Learn more about Ho‘oulu Hawai‘i: The King Kalākaua Era with the accompanying...
Oral traditions in the ‘Window’+
Throughout the process of opening Molokai Window, conversations arose that left...
Kimono’s crested waves pattern represents nature’s vitality+
Crashing baby blue crested waves. Various-sized red, white, yellow, and...
Suda House’s ‘Making Waves’ photographs are inspired by powerful women from mythology+
Although located approximately in the middle of the Making Waves...
Molokai Window opening reception was a moving experience+
A who’s who of Moloka’i community leaders gathered at the...
Swimming with shark: Erick Swenson’s ‘Present in the Past’+
When you enter the current exhibition Abstruction: The Sculpture of Erick...
Go behind the scenes of ‘Abstruction’ with the HoMA app+
Get more out of Abstruction: The Sculpture of Erick Swenson with the...
Elza Terseglav is transfixed by the light of ‘Hawaiian Fisherman’+
“When you asked me to pick a favorite, I knew...
The poetry of Erick Swenson’s ‘Ne Plus Ultra’+
Now on view is Abstruction: The Sculpture of Erick Swenson....
Honolulu Printmakers turns 90+
The Honolulu Printmakers’ 90th Annual Exhibition opens March 7 at...
Members, see ‘Abstruction’ free this week!+
Our long-awaited contemporary exhibition Abstruction: The Sculpture of Erick Swenson...
Erick Swenson: I like the physicality of making something by hand+
HoMA’s big contemporary exhibition of the year—Abstruction: The Sculpture of...
‘Body of Work’ welcomes Yasumasa Morimura’s ‘Self-Portrait/After Marilyn Monroe’+
Have you had a chance to visit the exhibition Body of...
Inside Abstract Expressionism: Isami Doi’s ‘My Mystic Pilgrimage’+
The museum’s once-in-a-lifetime show is in its home stretch. Don’t...
‘Loafer’: See Art School director Vince Hazen’s fungal farewell in the Nanogallery+
“Just dip the brush in the water and then touch...