For most people, Palm Courtyard is an airy space in...
Exhibitions
Designers in Hawai‘i in ‘Hawai‘i in Design’+
Last Thursday morning a few more than a dozen architects...
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:...
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...
Museum looks to artificial intelligence to shape the future of its leadership+
In the summer of 1997 The New York Times published...
Curator’s Notes: How Utagawa Hiroshige captured the evolution of a city+
The Honolulu Museum of Art’s current exhibition Hiroshige‘s City: From...
No, your kid can’t do that: Theresa Papanikolas on Richard Tuttle and Marcel Duchamp+
On view March 24 are two exhibitions that challenge the...
David Kuraoka: Forget size, proportion matters+
This week the museum opens three new exhibitions at its...
Diving into ‘Spearfishing Omilu Ulua’ with glass artist Edward Clark+
“I think spearfishing has actually saved my life,” says glass...
Art Spotlight: Portraits of Kabuki Heroes+
Tough Love: Expressions of Confucian Morality in Japanese Woodblock Prints features...
Artist, educator, and soldier Edgar Heap of Birds on ‘Dead Indian Stories’+
Now on view in the gallery of the Arts of...
Stephan Jost: Connecting the museum to the rest of the world+
The holidays are a time to reflect, and lately I’ve...
Take a virtual tour of ‘Hiroshige’s City: From Edo to Tokyo’+
The Honolulu Museum of Art is home to the world’s...
How much is that Ni‘ihau necklace in the window? (and other great items at the shop)+
Shopping season is officially over. But we think you’ll want...
Show and Tell: See what Art School students are up to in exhibitions this month+
“The students have been working really hard all semester,” says...
Curator’s notes: Sara Oka on shopping and back-street exploration for ‘Harajuku: Tokyo Street Fashion’+
Editor’s note: Following up on our October Q+A with textiles...
On view in ‘American Array,’ Alice Neel’s ‘Victoria and the Cat.’+
Now on view in the Contemporary Gallery is American Array, a...
Visualizing transcendence: Lucas Samaras’ ‘Untitled (Skull in Colored Nebula)’+
On view in American Array, Greek-American art wizard Lucas Samaras’...
Here today, gone October 25: Look for these works in ‘American Array’ while you can+
Now that Feast of Fools: The Triptych Paintings of Masami...
Aaron Noble: See him complete his TXT/MSG installation at Spalding House this week+
Aaron Noble hovers over his latest work, painting black lines...
Hawaiian feather capes travel to San Francisco for groundbreaking exhibition+
“This is one of the capes that is going to...
Museum shop celebrates Artists of Hawai‘i 2015 with brand new swag!+
Love the art in Artists of Hawai‘i 2015? Take some...
Into the dragon’s den: Visiting the home of our Korean Dragon Jar+
Last year, visiting curator of Korean art Ga Young Oh...
Artists of Hawai‘i 2015 update: Apps and pastry wrappings+
Regular blog readers may remember that earlier this month, curator...
Museum curators get recognized by their peers for ‘Modern Love’+
Last week the Association of Art Museum Curators announced the...
Ayad Alkadhi on ‘I Am Baghdad XV’+
The exhibition Doris Duke’s Shangri La: Architecture, Landscape and...
Inside the Artist’s Studio: Maya Lea Portner+
“I want to pin each piece to the wall,” said...
‘Artists of Hawai‘i 2015′ update: Three studio visits with James Jensen+
With the opening of Artists of Hawai‘i 2015 less than...
Paradise found: The Garden Club of Honolulu’s Shangri La flower show+
Hawai’i is relentlessly referred to as a paradise—but what does...
Art School’s second celebration of Micronesian culture a hit+
The crowd erupted in whoops and children stuffed dollar bills...