Congrats to LACMA on the opening of Black American Portraits! And thanks @KnightLAT for the kind shout out about @TheHuntington's "marvelous" new @kehindewileyart painting:
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The Huntington is thrilled to announce a new major art acquisitions partnership with The Ahmanson Foundation. 🖼️ 🎉 The program will launch with the acquisition of this monumental 19th-century painting, "Portage Falls on the Genesee" by Thomas Cole. https://t.co/uHAi7m3dJU
California Love for “A Portrait of a Young Gentleman” by Kehinde Wiley a... https://t.co/h1ZpTqBIAC via @YouTube Thanks @DavidTuason for sharing this response to our newest acquisition!
So thrilled the news is out! Thanks, @kehindewileyart for the magnificent new addition to our collection (on view to public October 2) and thanks, #sarahbahr @nytimes for spreading the word! https://t.co/WSu9YwwqLc
I am super excited about this.Thanks @TheHuntington for lending the iconic Blue Boy back to London, and delighted we’ve been able to announce this partnership.
Thanks @KnightLAT ! In fact, the @TheHuntington show of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s paintings is still up and we hope to share it with visitors again soon—once it’s safe for museums galleries to reopen.
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye show @TheHuntington , adjacent to the Grand Manner portrait gallery (Blue Boy et al) was likewise marvelous https://t.co/JaMVUQz4aJ
Thanks, @KnightLAT for your take on this year’s version of #madeinla Can’t wait to share it with visitors @TheHuntington and @hammer_museum — hopefully soon! Review: Extreme alienation reigns in the Hammer Museum's (unopened) biennial https://t.co/cOOiZChu12
“History often teaches us to embrace ambiguity, to understand there aren’t simple answers to complex questions, and Americans tend to like simple answers to complex questions.”
Smithsonian’s Leader Says ‘Museums Have a Social Justice Role to Play’ https://t.co/VDNgF9Dz5t
Mark calendars this Tues--Join artist Alma López Gaspar de Alba and her partner, UCLA Professor Alicia Gaspar de Alba, for a conversation tracing queer Angeleno artists’ contributions 2 contemporary art. @KaywinFeldman@Cmnart @see__riley @SBalaghi
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“A once in a century crisis” requires thinking and doing differently. Bravo @FordFoundation ! How we help nonprofits survive COVID-19: Darren Walker calls on funders to reimagine philanthropy https://t.co/9i2wQdnf7Z