The most recent addition to the museum’s collection of Japanese art is the wood sculpture Enlightenment by Hashimoto Chōshū, a...
Permanent Collection
Staff picks: Danilo Urbano’s favorite work of art+
Members of the museum’s operations maintenance team know the museum in an intimate way that no other staffers do. They...
Artists of Hawai‘i 2013 | Drew Broderick: Visual Research into the Honolulu Museum of Art, part III+
Conducted casually over the past 10 months in preparation of Artists of Hawaiʻi 2013. Part III of III The Lei Maker, painted...
Artists of Hawai‘i 2013 | Drew Broderick: Visual Research into the Honolulu Museum of Art, part II+
Conducted casually over the past 10 months in preparation of Artists of Hawaiʻi 2013. Part II of III Site: The John...
Artists of Hawai‘i 2013 | Drew Broderick: Visual Research into the Honolulu Museum of Art, part I+
Conducted casually over the past 10 months in preparation for Artists of Hawaiʻi 2013. Part I of III Site: Robert...
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in paint and pixels+
Now on view in Landscape in the New World is one of the museum’s American art treasures—Thomas Moran’s sweeping panorama...
A glimpse into a day in the life of a curator+
From Curator of Contemporary Art James Jensen, who had a break from everyday curatorial duties: Usually an art museum curator’s...
Our van Gogh is back on view+
Our Vincent van Gogh painting is back! After a yearlong trip, which included stops at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,...
And the winners are…+
Congratulations to Ailsa Horky of Kaneohe and Tyler Dos Santos-Tam of Honolulu for winning our Instagram and Twitter contests at...
The museum mourns an American hero+
“Sen. Inouye made great contributions to our community and his loss is mourned by the museum.”—Honolulu Museum of Art director...