Image: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino
Artist and writer Edmund de Waal will join cultural historian, critic, and curator Josh Kun for a public conversation at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, on Tuesday, September 22. The program will mark the publication of ‘the eight directions of the wind: Edmund de Waal at The Huntington,’ a publication connected to the artist’s exhibition at the institution.
The event is scheduled for 6–8 p.m. in Rothenberg Hall at The Huntington. Admission is free with a reservation. The conversation will be followed by a reception and book signing, according to the institution’s announcement.
The discussion is set to focus on memory, cultural exchange, and the movement of ideas through porcelain and place. These themes bring together de Waal’s work as an artist and writer with Kun’s fields of cultural history, criticism, and curatorial practice.
The program is part of The Huntington’s fall offering of exhibitions, events, and other activities across its library, art museum, and botanical gardens. The San Marino institution describes its work through the combined areas of art, gardens, and ideas, and its public programming includes conversations connected to exhibitions and publications.
De Waal’s exhibition, ‘the eight directions of the wind: Edmund de Waal at The Huntington,’ is listed as being on view through October 26. The announcement does not provide further details about the exhibition’s individual works or installation, but identifies porcelain and place as central subjects for the accompanying conversation.
The event announcement lists de Waal as both an artist and writer, while Kun is identified as a cultural historian, critic, and curator. Their exchange will take place at Rothenberg Hall, The Huntington, in San Marino, from 6 to 8 p.m. on September 22, with the reception and book signing following the conversation.
