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Just some weird & wonderful plants doing cool stuff:

A native of Australia, fiery red blooms emerge from this Eucalyptus macrocarpa after its tiny pointed cap (known as a calyx) pops off. See it blooming in the Australia Garden.

You can’t miss the brilliant turquoise flowers and hot pink stalks produced by the Puya—see three different varieties ( Puya alpestris, Puya venusta, and Puya coerulea var. violacea) blooming now in the Desert Garden.

Did you know that cool spring weather can affect the shape of rose petals? In varieties like ‘Mellow Yellow’ and ‘Easy Does It II,’ found in our Rose Garden, the flowers produce frilly petals only during the first bloom cycle of early spring.

Chorisia insignis, also known as the silk floss tree, palo borracho, samu'ũ, paineira, or toborochi, is native to Argentina and part of the baobab family. After flowering in the winter, it disperses seeds within balls of fluffy, fibrous matter, similar to wool or cotton. See it fluffing near the Huntington Art Gallery.

Open now: “Italian Light on English Walls: Artists and the Grand Tour in Italy.”
Nine rarely exhibited works on paper, drawn from The Huntington’s permanent collections, reveal the great variety of Grand Tour imagery and the many reasons artists...

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Open now: “Italian Light on English Walls: Artists and the Grand Tour in Italy.”

Nine rarely exhibited works on paper, drawn from The Huntington’s permanent collections, reveal the great variety of Grand Tour imagery and the many reasons artists flocked to Italy in the 18th century. Whether seeking commissions, accompanying young aristocrats on their travels, or furthering their own artistic education, these works represent a generation of great British artists who played an important role in visually documenting the Grand Tour.

See it on view now through July 9th, in the Works on Paper Room in the Huntington Art Gallery.

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John Robert Cozens (British, 1752-1799), Rome from the Villa Madama, undated, watercolor, Gilbert Davis Collection. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

Giovanni Battista Lusieri (Italian, 1755-1821), Rome from the Tiber, undated, pen and watercolor.The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

William Pars (British, 1742-1782), Civita Lavinia, undated, pencil and watercolor, Gilbert Davis Collection.The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

George Cooper (British, active 1792-1830), Pantheon, undated, watercolor, Gilbert Davis Collection. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

We put Pinkie and Blue Boy in charge of decorating the holiday tree in the Huntington Art Gallery this year and look what happened.

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We put Pinkie and Blue Boy in charge of decorating the holiday tree in the Huntington Art Gallery this year and look what happened.

Please enjoy this morpholicious rendering of the intricately carved paneling, or boiserie, that adorns the walls of the Large Drawing Room of the Huntington Art Gallery.
The GIFs come from a video that is part of a five-part suite of short, silent...

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Please enjoy this morpholicious rendering of the intricately carved paneling, or boiserie, that adorns the walls of the Large Drawing Room of the Huntington Art Gallery.

The GIFs come from a video that is part of a five-part suite of short, silent videos focusing on objects or architectural elements on view in the first-floor period rooms of the Huntington Art Gallery. Each video is installed on iPads in the room where the object is on view.

object info: Wall Paneling (Boiserie), c. 1900, supplied by White Allom and Company, London. Carved and painted oak. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

We’re pleased to introduce to you this very animated version of the mechanical writing table that’s on view—in very still form—in the Large Library of the Huntington Art Gallery.
The GIFs come from a video that is part of a five-part suite of short,...

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We’re pleased to introduce to you this very animated version of the mechanical writing table that’s on view—in very still form—in the Large Library of the Huntington Art Gallery.

object info: Jean-François Oeben, Mechanical Writing Table, c. 1755–65. Oak and walnut with kingwood, tulipwood, purplewood, bois satiné, green-stained maple, ebony, holly, maple, Japanese takamaki-e lacquer panel, gilt bronze, iron. Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

Meet the wild chimneypiece that lives in the Dining Room of the Huntington Art Gallery.
The GIFs come from a video that is part of a five-part suite of short, silent videos focusing on objects or architectural elements on view in the first-floor...

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Meet the wild chimneypiece that lives in the Dining Room of the Huntington Art Gallery.

object info: Maker unknown, Chimneypiece, c. 1755. White, verde antic, and giallo antic marble. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

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This is the front of an 18th-century clock that sits on a mantel in the Small Drawing Room of the Huntington Art Gallery.
Check out its back in some gifs here.
The GIFs come from a video that is part of a five-part suite of short, silent videos...

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This is the front of an 18th-century clock that sits on a mantel in the Small Drawing Room of the Huntington Art Gallery.

Check out its back in some gifs here.

object info: Renacle-Nicolas Sotiau, Mantel Clock, 1782–82, with plaques manufactured by The Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Sèvres. Gilt bronze, porcelain, glass, enamel, brass, steel, painting on ivory. Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

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This is the back of an 18th-century clock that sits on a mantel in the Small Drawing Room of the Huntington Art Gallery.
The GIFs come from a video that is part of a five-part suite of short, silent videos focusing on objects or architectural...

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This is the back of an 18th-century clock that sits on a mantel in the Small Drawing Room of the Huntington Art Gallery.

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- #video
- #VERSO
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“Now a new layout, better signage, and iPads are helping to bring the Huntingtons and their collection to life. Doors that were once closed between the rooms—the Large Library, Large Drawing Room, Small Drawing Room, and Dining Room—are now open....

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Now a new layout, better signage, and iPads are helping to bring the Huntingtons and their collection to life. Doors that were once closed between the rooms—the Large Library, Large Drawing Room, Small Drawing Room, and Dining Room—are now open. Visitors can move around and among the rooms, making it easier to take in the sumptuousness of the ornate decorations and gain closer, unobstructed views of the precious artworks, furniture, and decorative objects on display. A panel in each room orients the visitor, and smaller displays and iPads offer additional detail.

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Large Library: In the past, sumptuous furnishings may have tempted visitors to touch. Now, thanks to interactive displays—such as this one on the Savonnerie carpets—visitors can.

Large Drawing Room: Open doors and better access in the Large Drawing Room and other period rooms allow visitors to explore the spaces Henry and Arabella Huntington inhabited. iPads offer detailed histories about the precious objects the rooms contain.

Large Library: Take a seat, really. The chairs on the right are modeled after Arabella Huntington’s favorite chairs and are meant for sitting.

The Weekly Squint—
Detail from the large stained glass window in the Huntington Art Gallery.
caption: Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833–1898) and John Henry Dearle (British, 1860–1932); manufactured by Morris & Company, London, David Healey Memorial...

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The Weekly Squint—
Detail from the large stained glass window in the Huntington Art Gallery.

caption: Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833–1898) and John Henry Dearle (British, 1860–1932); manufactured by Morris & Company, London, David Healey Memorial Window from the Unitarian Chapel, Heywood, Lancashire, c. 1898. Glass and lead. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

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The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of English has created an incredible historical reconstruction of the first-ever retrospective of the work of Sir Joshua Reynolds, held at the British Institution in 1813. See what Jane Austen and others who attended this major social event would have seen in this e-gallery: http://www.whatjanesaw.org/index.php

LOVE IT!! This is fantastic. We’re partial to the northern wall in the North Room.

And now, snapped in our own Thornton Portrait Gallery in the Huntington Art Gallery, a photo hint for why that particular wall might be our fave:

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Today on Verso: “Rare Chance to See a Gainsborough Masterpiece, Times Three”

caption: Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788), The Cottage Door, ca. 1780, oil on canvas. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.