Up until last year, if you went to the second-floor gallery of American art, you’d find a celestial scene with...
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Reinstallation of galleries 5 + 6+
You got to follow the reinstallation of Gallery 4, which became the portraiture gallery (here’s a “during” shot). Now closed...
New jewelry in the museum shop+
Metalsmith Kirsten Lora makes whimsical jewelry out of oxydized sterling silver and handpainted plastic miniature figures. The museum shop just...
Better view of Thomas Wilfred’s ‘Opus 160′+
Wow! Eugene Epstein, the subject of my previous post, forwarded the blog link to his nephew AJ Epstein. And he...
Scenes from Kama‘aina Christmas 2011+
Every December, the museum holds Kama‘aina Christmas, its gala fundraiser. We are so grateful to the co-chairs, volunteers and attendees...
Curator’s Notes: The New Ceramics Cabinet+
Many museums are re-installing their ceramics collections in a manner that reflects the high point of innovation in Western ceramics—the...
Walking Landscape+
A few months ago I had a dream in which the mountains were floating, or maybe my body was floating,...
We grow fruit too+
With lovely open-air courtyards, the Honolulu Academy of Arts has a lot of artful foliage. Our “collection” includes a huge...
In memory of Toshiko Takaezu+
In a tranquil corner of the Honolulu Academy of Arts is a mini petrified forest—three branchless trunks stand sentinel outside...
