Programs

January Program

Virtual Tour of Portraiture at The Huntington Art Museum: from Thomas Gainsborough to Kehinde Wiley
Tuesday, January , 7:00pm, on Zoom

In 1921, the beloved portrait of a young man dressed in blue, by British painter Thomas Gainsborough, left London for its new home in San Marino, California, at the mansion of Henry and Arabella Huntington. One hundred years later, in 2021, The Huntington Museum commissioned American artist Kehinde Wiley to create a portrait “in response” to the Gainsborough masterpiece to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the museum.

Our virtual visit to The Huntington will feature the museum’s exceptional collection of European and American portrait paintings from the 18th to the 21st century. To frame this presentation, Clare Kunny will trace the history of Henry and Arabella Huntington’s passions for culture as the first great collectors of art in Southern California.

Clare Kunny is an art historian and museum professional with extensive experience developing educational art programs for museum visitors of all ages. She conceived of and launched Art Muse Los Angeles in 2013, after serving ten years as head of Public Education and Teaching at The J. Paul Getty Museum. Clare held the same position during the latter part of her seventeen years in the Department of Education at The Art Institute of Chicago. She holds an MA in Art History from the University of Chicago and has completed doctoral coursework in colonial Mexican art at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Clare is president and founder of Art Muse LA.

This event will be hosted on Zoom and is free and open to the public, but registration is required for non-members to receive the meeting link.

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