Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens

Starving artists? Not among the leaders of L.A. arts institutions

2013-05-29 05:00:00

L.A. added two new million-dollar-a-year executives to the ranks of its top-paid arts leaders during 2011, although two existing members of the seven-person club had to get by with less than they'd made in 2010. Increases for Music Center President...

Huntington Library receives $32-million gift from Charles Munger

2013-05-30 14:30:00

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens announced Thursday it has received a $32-million gift from Charles Munger that will go toward the construction of the museum's new education and visitors center, which is expected to open in...

Huntington adds Marsh locomotive painting to American art collection

2013-05-07 14:00:00

Once the great estate of a railroad tycoon, the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens has just become home to a painting of a powerful locomotive. Last week a group of art collectors helped the Huntington buy a 1935 Reginald Marsh...

Former L.A. Times art critic William Wilson dies at 78

2013-04-21 14:36:00

William Wilson, who wrote art criticism for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades, died Saturday after suffering�from Alzheimer's disease for several years. He was 78. Wilson, who was diagnosed with the disease four years ago, passed away...

Hand over the book, Britain, it's the Getty's

2013-04-11 11:36:00

When British authorities the other day denied an export license for a 15th-century Flemish manuscript acquired last December by the J. Paul Getty Museum at a London auction, few could have been surprised. Stopping the export of exceptional works of...

USC and MOCA are in talks about 'a possible partnership'

2012-12-04 18:31:00

Southern California Close-Ups: Pasadena and environs

2012-06-05 10:30:00

First published on Nov. 27, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. It's 1922, and nothing much is up in Pasadena. Not among the orange groves, not along the leafy streets. Just as the little old ladies like it. But wait. Down in the Arroyo Seco, a...

Quick Takes: N.Y. Phil names director

2012-01-05 00:00:00

PASSINGS: Richard J. Sheirer, Jiri Raska, Jack Lionel Warner

2012-01-23 00:00:00

Richard J. Sheirer NYC emergency official at time of 9/11 Richard J. Sheirer, 65, the former New York City emergency management chief who helped guide the city through the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, died Thursday after experiencing chest pains....

Visiting out West? Here's a SoCal traveler's cheat sheet

2012-01-23 06:30:00

For most of the last 20 years, it’s been my job to leave Los Angeles and bring home tips on travel elsewhere. But let’s face it: Elsewhere can get expensive. And there’s a lot of elsewhere here already. So a year ago, I turned my...

Huntington still closed; Sunday reopening possible

2011-12-02 21:33:06

L.A. Arboretum suffers extensive damage from windstorm

2011-12-02 16:33:53

A rendering of the planned education and visitors center at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino.

2013-05-30 13:51:17

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens offers a variety of themed botanical areas. Wander through the Japanese, Chinese, Rose, Shakespeare, Camellia, Jungle or Palm gardens.

2013-05-09 16:52:33

4. The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens — San Marino, Calif.

2013-04-03 13:29:06