The mural Nervosa III, which James Jean completed a week ago as part of Pow! Wow! Hawaii in our Luce...
Andy Graydon: Phase 2 of ‘Fig. 1,’ opening Feb. 27+
Andy Graydon arrived in Honolulu on Feb. 17, and has been preparing nonstop for his sound installation Fig. 1 (these...
This year’s Gift Print artist is Paul Weissman+
This Wednesday the Honolulu Printmakers hold the opening reception of their 87th Annual Exhibition. Each year, the Printmakers commission an...
The cinematography of Anno Moyoco’s Sakuran+
Now on view in Modern Love: 20th-Century Japanese Erotic Art is Anno Moyoco’s Sakuran—a manga that tells the story of...
Staff pick: Hilary Sholin has eyes for ‘Marisol’+
Hilary Sholin, the museum’s annual giving coordinator, oversees the membership program and comes up with creative ideas to get more...
The power of a simple portrait+
Fazal Sheikh (American, born 1965) Hadija and her Father Badel Addan Gadel, Somali Refugee Camp, Mandera, Kenya, 1993 Gelatin silver...
Take home the Shangri La experience+
Opening Feb. 12 is Doris Duke’s Shangri La: Architecture, Landscape, and Islamic Art, a multimedia exhibition that brings to life...
Hokusai’s fulfilled dream of immortality+
At the heart of the exhibition Dreams of Mount Fuji: Masterpieces of the Honolulu Museum of Art’s Japanese Print Collection are three woodblock prints...
You be the judge: Docent Sandra Simms on the Honolulu African American Film Festival+
This week the Honolulu African American Film Festival returns to the Doris Duke Theatre for two weeks of films, guest...
Hot off the press: Wayne Levin’s ‘Flowing’ + limited edition prints+
Just in at the Museum Shop is Wayne Levin’s new book Flowing. If you’re a fan of his previous ocean-exploring...
Pow! Wow! Hawaii expands to museum and Art School this week+
Last year, Pow! Wow! Hawaii, in collaboration with Los Angeles gallery thinkspace, held its first Exploring the New Contemporary Movement...
Guadalupe Rivera Marín visits the museum to see her father’s work+
She’s been photographed by Edward Weston, knew Jean Charlot, and is honorary co-chair of the Mexican Museum in San Francisco....
Origami artists Michael LaFosse and Richard Alexander: Paper and polygons+
Opening at Spalding House on Feb. 4 is Less=More, an exhibition of works by internationally recognized and local artists that...
People watching: George Segal’s ‘Japanese Couple’+
George Segal (American, 1924 – 2000) Japanese Couple Against a Brick Wall, 1982 Plaster, wood, paint, faux brick Gift of...
Artists of Hawai’i 2015: Alison Beste on what lies beneath+
In the last year, I’ve become intrigued by the ubiquitous and iconic sunset image in travel media depicting Hawai‘i. You...