“Printmaking is such a powerful entry point into creative production for people from all walks of life,” says Duncan Dempster,...
‘Island Splendor’ at W Bistro+
Nearby W Bistro, at the corner of Victoria and King streets (where Le Guignol used to be), is the site...
Kids are the best artists!: Young Artist Summer Exhibition on view through Aug 3+
If you’re a kid enrolled in a Honolulu Museum of Art School class, one of the best parts is the...
Staff picks: Yong Wilson+
The museum’s facilities team keeps all our locations in tip-top shape. Every day before the doors open, this crew is...
Psssst, wanna buy an article about an art installation?: Diller + Scofidio’s ‘Soft Sell’+
Staff and visitors alike have been startled by voices echoing in the museum’s western colonnade. Are people hiding around the...
Members think + drink @ Artists of Hawai’i gallery talk+
The Academy had its first Gallery Talk event for members last night and judging from the intense conversations attendees had...
Archeologist William Kelso coming to the Academy in August+
Back in 2007, the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown was big news. It was a National Geographic cover...
2nd Annual Surf Film Festival opened to full house+
Opening night of the 2nd Annual Surf Film Festival sold out on Friday, and pro surfers Kekoa Cazimero, Jason Shibata,...
An intern’s view of the Academy+
I am a student pursuing my masters degree in Museology at the University of Washington in Seattle. As part of...
Attack of the monkeypod tree+
This afternoon a branch broke off from one of the monkeypod trees on the front lawn and crashed into the...
Mining the vaults: A curator’s finds+
Museums across the country, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, are delving...
Passage to India+
Just went to see the Charles Bartlett works in the Jhamandas Watumull Gallery. I love his prints and drawings—he’s like...
Where’s the Zajac?+
Up until today, a large, two-piece sculpture sat on the Diamond Head end of the front lawn of the Honolulu...
David J. Merritt: The hypnotist+
In a corner of Artists of Hawai‘i 2009 is a video installation by David J. Merritt. It’s a neverending loop...
Rirkrit Tiravanija in Artists of Hawai’i (sort of)+
For his work in Artists of Hawai‘i 2009, Stephen Niles drew one of New York artist Rirkrit Tiravanija’s cook-for-you installations...