Spalding House curator Aaron Padilla was looking for a way to illustrate the idea of kinesis for the exhibition Inquiring...
Museum celebrates Micronesia with exhibition, workshops and film+
To celebrate the arts and traditions of a growing part of Hawai‘i’s social fabric, the Honolulu Museum of Art School...
Between the stacks: Head librarian Sachiyo Kawai‘ae‘a+
Tucked away between two French oil paintings in the museum’s Modernism gallery—Amédée Ozenfant’s Accords and Robert Delaunay’s Rainbow—is the...
Making a statement: Allyn Bromley on her works ‘Green Piece’ and ‘Kaka‘ako’+
Artist Allyn Bromley holds up her hand to reveal a middle finger that curves to the right. Her work Green...
On the frontline: Kim Hutchison+
Here at the Honolulu Museum of Art, highly accomplished individuals work together to deliver high-quality, inspirational experiences for the community....
Museum Friends spend evening with Cherye and Jim Pierce+
The museum’s invaluable volunteer group Honolulu Museum of Art Friends holds four events a year. Last Thursday they organized “An...
Reinstalled second-floor galleries are now open: Explore Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas+
Over the past nine months, big changes have happened in the second-floor galleries of the original 1927 museum building. Curator...
Seeing RED at the Spalding House Shop+
The new shop at Spalding House in Makiki Heights isn’t just one store—expect a series of seasonal pop-ups. Right now,...
Members’ perk: See George Clooney’s ‘The Monuments Men’ Feb. 5+
Did you love the documentary The Rape of Europa, about the Nazis’ systematic theft and destruction of Europe’s art treasures—and...
Cheongsam chic: Silk ‘n’ squirrel+
Now on view in the China Gallery is a piece of clothing that gets our textiles curator Sara Oka...
Diane KW: Pushing the ceramics envelope with spam and shards+
Artist Diane KW is a retired neurologist who has gone from taking her first ceramics class at the Honolulu...
The happy hooker: Harunobu’s commentary on monks+
Suzuki Harunobu (1725?–1770) Saigyō Hōshi Praying to a Bijin on a White Elephant Japan, Edo period (1615–1868), c. 1766 Woodblock...
Instructor Alyson Stone takes art outside for new Art School class+
Anyone who has seen the documentary Rivers and Tides, about environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy, can’t help but be amazed at...
Scientist Della Reid: The story behind an Ansel Adams Hawai‘i photograph+
In November, California-based attorney and epidemiologist Ann Slaby, who was on O‘ahu for a high school reunion, visited the museum, as...
Learn about Georgia O’Keeffe from someone who knew her+
Georgia O’Keeffe fans won’t want to miss the on-stage conversation between Barney Ebsworth and curator Theresa Papanikolas on Wednesday, Jan....