Janice Shimamura, the daughter of Tadashi Sato, attended the breakfast...
Hawai‘i artists
Q+A: Harry Tsuchidana on his work and midcentury time in New York+
At 85, Harry Tsuchidana still works in his Salt Lake...
Ira Villafranca: Turning the Surface Gallery into Luxury Row+
There’s a new mural in Spalding House’s outdoor Surface Gallery....
New program: See portrait artists at work in the Portraiture Gallery+
July 5, 10am–noon, free The Portraiture Gallery is one of...
Hana Yoshihata: Voyaging artist+
The return of Hokule‘a and Hikianalia to Hawai‘i on June...
Last week to see ‘Artists of Hawai‘i 2017′+
You have just one more week to see Artists of...
Artists of Hawai‘i 2017: Kasey Lindley on how her work got to where it is today+
Artistic activity is a game, whose forms, patterns and functions...
Curator’s notes: Healoha Johnston on the Arts of Hawai‘i Gallery’s new look+
The John Dominis and Patches Damon Holt Arts of Hawaiʻi...
The process: How Yoko Haar made the ethereal wall-mounted ceramics on view at First Hawaiian Center+
Last November, assistant curator of contemporary art Katherine Love visited O‘ahu-based...
Take a contemporary art tour this weekend+
There is a critical mass of contemporary art in Honolulu...
Kaori Ukaji’s ‘Serenely Proliferating’ is the kind of installation that grows on you+
Japan-born artist Kaori Ukaji, whose blood-red installation Serently Proliferating is...
Masami Teraoka + Viktoria Naraxsa tackle ‘The Tempest’+
Thanks to renowned painter and Pussy Riot super-fan Masami Teraoka,...
Curator’s Notes: Healoha Johnston on ‘Artists of Hawai‘i 2017′ and its collaborative nature+
Established in 1950, the Artists of Hawaiʻi exhibition highlights work...
Mary Mitsuda on her HoMA history and painting the “womblike tick-tock” rhythms of nature+
It’s hard not to like a Mary Mitsuda painting. The...
How Bliss Lau and Jasmine Takanikos are helping creative professionals develop their ideas+
It’s not easy to turn an idea into a successful...
History lesson: Docent Martin McMorrow on 70 years at the museum+
Martin “Mac” McMorrow became a Honolulu Museum of Art docent...
Talented staff: Library assistant Noriko Suzuki wins Best in Show at HJCC exhibition+
Every year since 2011, library assistant Noriko Suzuki—who recently began...
To build a better board: ‘Hawai‘i in Design’ artist C.J. Kanuha channels history, nature, and loss+
Family, tradition, and caring for the land—these are the things...
Sundance Native Shorts Lab Honolulu has legs+
Last Tuesday morning, Kaliko Mai‘i‘i, Nani Rían Kenna Ross, and Scott W....
Kris Goto invades the Museum Shop | Spalding House shop gets a dash of spice+
If you enjoyed seeing Kris Goto’s work at the Museum...
Paul Pfeiffer: On the sweet science, Apple Stores, and how to make video more like sculpture+
At the rear of the Arts of Hawai‘i Gallery, in...
Sundance Institute leaves its mark on Hawai‘i’s Indigenous filmmaking community+
Sundance Institute and the Honolulu Museum of Art joined forces...
Creative Writing and a Conversation in the galleries July 9+
Join us on July 9 for a conversation with Healoha...
David Kuraoka: Forget size, proportion matters+
This week the museum opens three new exhibitions at its...
Art event: Benefit sale of the late, revered Robert Kobayashi’s work happens Feb 4+
When Honolulu-born Robert “Kobi” Kobayashi passed away in December, the...
Reem Bassous: Finding identity in her paintings+
Reem Bassous’s solo show Beyond the Archive: Paintings by Reem...
Wendy Kawabata on her installation ʻIn the Landʻ+
From Sept. 17 to 24, Wendy Kawabata was in the...
Artists of Hawai’i 2015: Jesse Houlding on the process for his ‘Truck Drawing’ series+
Note: This is the last progress report from an Artist...
Museum Shop: Make a Father’s Day gift of Kahi Ching’s Family Sunday bonsai works+
This month’s Bank of Hawaii Family Sunday—celebrating “homegrown” art and...
Artists of Hawai‘i 2015 update: Apps and pastry wrappings+
Regular blog readers may remember that earlier this month, curator...