Now on view in the Contemporary Art Gallery is Robert...
Permanent Collection
Staff Pick: Courtland Cleland on the curves of a god+
As assistant manager and buyer for the museum shop, Courtland...
‘Amidst the Rubble’ is a chilling but necessary reminder of the fragility of life+
On Sept. 1, 1923, an earthquake with a magnitude of...
Hawaiian feather capes travel to San Francisco for groundbreaking exhibition+
“This is one of the capes that is going to...
Classroom Poster Project progresses—get yours now!+
For the past few months, educators from the Honolulu Museum...
Summer guided tour: The Great Outdoors+
This summer let’s explore the Great Outdoors! Through the Honolulu...
Museum hires Samuel Gelfy as curator of millennial culture+
Over the past decade the museum has taken steps to...
Maria Martinez’s famed black ware ceramics now on view+
A new wall case with seven examples of San Ildefonso...
Guadalupe Rivera Marín visits the museum to see her father’s work+
She’s been photographed by Edward Weston, knew Jean Charlot, and...
People watching: George Segal’s ‘Japanese Couple’+
George Segal (American, 1924 – 2000) Japanese Couple Against a...
Museum welcomes first curator devoted to arts of Hawai‘i collection+
Art of Hawai‘i—art made by Hawaiians, and art made in...
The poetry of courtesan Utagawa highlighted in a woodblock print+
Every couple of months, our Asian art department puts up...
Glass act: Art collectors (and donors) Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser+
Los Angeles–based art-collecting couple Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser have...
Korean art spotlight: Joseon Dynasty Dragon Jar+
The Korean ceramics collection at the Honolulu Museum of Art...
Coming soon to DOE classrooms: Visual art education posters+
Educators: Look what’s coming to a school mailbox near you...
Win our Facebook contest: We’ll display your artwork in a gallery+
From now until October 10, the Honolulu Museum of Art...
Tom Wesselmann’s ‘Dropped Bra’ gets a pick me up+
Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004) Dropped Bra, 1988 Painted aluminum Gift...
Art Deco Hawai‘i is almost here. Opens July 3.+
Theresa Papanikolas, our curator of European and American art, started...
Verifying the artist of a special Chilkat robe+
Recently, the museum was honored to welcome a very special...
Cody Naganuma’s favorite work of art (in the collection)+
Cody Naganuma is our administrative assistant at Spalding House, as...
Exciting news: A major Lichtenstein joins the collection+
Just accessioned into the museum collection is Roy Lichtenstein’s 1995...
Chuna McIntyre schools the museum on seal-gut parkas+
On view in the textile exhibition Sheer Delight was a...
Collections manager Brady Evans on his favorite work of art+
Brady Evans possibly knows the museum better than anyone else...
Golden glow: Ogata Kōrin’s ‘Chrysanthemums/Maple Tree’+
Now on view in Light from Shadow: Gold in Japanese...
Slow Art Day participant: You should do this again+
On Saturday, the museum took part in Slow Art Day—an...
Revisit Rauschenberg’s ‘Trophy V (for Jasper Johns)’+
Curator of European and American Art Theresa Papanikolas put our...
Spend quality time with five works at Slow Art Day this weekend+
For the first time, the Honolulu Museum of Art participates...