New Museum Shop manager Cori Mackie has brought a new look and feel to our stores at the main location...
Lalla Essaydi: Crossing a cultural threshold into prohibited ‘space’+
The exhibition Decisive Moments: Photographs from the Collection of Cherye R. and James F. Pierce includes two striking works by...
Golden glow: Ogata Kōrin’s ‘Chrysanthemums/Maple Tree’+
Now on view in Light from Shadow: Gold in Japanese Art is this glowing screen. Learn more about it: Ogata...
Susan Thomas: Where woodblock prints go for TLC+
In the museum’s Asian Art print collection vault, Susan Thomas carefully pulls out a black drawer, one of hundreds. “Oh,...
Slow Art Day participant: You should do this again+
On Saturday, the museum took part in Slow Art Day—an international event that happens at art venues around the world—for...
Spend quality time with five works at Slow Art Day this weekend+
For the first time, the Honolulu Museum of Art participates in Slow Art Day, which happens this Saturday, April 12....
For teachers: Museum holds special educators-only tour of ‘Art Deco Hawai‘i’+
Save the date! Teachers are cordially invited to an educators-only tour and discussion of Art Deco Hawai`i with curator Theresa...
Shangri La’s inside man: Paul Carry+
This past October, museum director Stephan Jost appointed Paul Carry as Lead Interpretive Guide at Shangri La Center for Islamic...
Lending Collection is a free resource for teachers+
Imagine a library of art objects and collectibles that span time and space designed just for teacher use. It exists!...
School tour connects art and literature+
From a bronze sculpture of Pénélope, to an Indian clay relief of Rama and Sita, to a wooden Native American...
For teachers: May 3 tour activities workshop+
The museum invites educators to sign up for our next teacher workshop that takes place on May 3. This interactive...
The museum and HIFF are now proud cinema partners!+
In the works for a few months now, our new cinema partnership with the Hawaii International Film Festival is official!...
Chen Qiulin: I’ve hidden nothing in these videos+
Now on view through June 15 is the video installation Chen Qiulin: The Empty City, a visual tour de force...
Krista Jurisich on her work ‘The Houses Are Crying II’+
The exhibition Decisive Moments: Photographs from the Collection of Cherye R. and James F. Pierce includes a group of works...
Tiny Chinese shoes+
The new textile exhibition Remaining Remnants features things made with fabric scraps and rags. Back when “reuse-recycle” was a matter...