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Leland Miyano’s Natural History
Miyano in his garden. Photo by Shuzo Uemoto, 2008. Aloha I’m April Lee, the co-curator of one of the Academy’s “Asian Sensation” summer exhibitions, Leland Miyano: Historia Naturalia et Artificialia....
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“Unraveling” project
Artist Jean Shin is doing a site-specific installation for “One Way or Another,” opening June 18. For her work she is using sweaters from Oahu’s Asian community. I put the call out, collected...
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Mika Tajima at the Academy
Mika Tajima, one of the performance-based artists in “One Way or Another,” will be at the Academy for the opening reception. Her work, “Extruded Plaid (Suicidal Desires),” combines installation and...
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W.S. Merwin enhancing the work of Leland Miyano
Instead of the usual didactic wall text, Leland Miyano’s exhibition “Historia Naturalia et Artificialia,” features the poem “The Biology of Art” by W.S. Merwin. Merwin, who is a longtime friend of...
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Über-curator Wu Hung at HAA Thursday
“Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art,” which opened on June 25 as part of Asian Sensation, is epic. It’s an extremely insightful cross-section of work produced by some of today’s hottest...
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East meets West: The Dragon’s Gift opens at the Rubin
“The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan” opened to the public to much fanfare and excitement on Sept. 19 at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York. A pre-opening gala dinner hosted by Donald and...
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Young Artists show off
The Academy Art Center bustled with about 800 people—kids proudly showing off their paintings, drawings, sculptures and other masterworks to family and friends—at the Summer 2010 Young Artist...
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Benefit Studio Sale in Full Effect
The Academy Art Center Studio Benefit Sale, the Honolulu Printmakers Print Sale and the World Art Bazaar members preview are happening today and through the weekend. Whether you’re looking for...
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James Jack, Orvis Artist in Residence
James Jack is the current Orvis Artist in Residence. He set up shop in Gallery 30 on May 14 and will be at work there until Saturday, June 25. Jack is making his installation Miniature Landscape for...
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Students from Young Artists Fall 2011 classes show their stuff
Do you need a holiday pick-me-up? Take a break from shopping at the Fall Young Artists exhibition—the fantastic artwork is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. At the opening last Saturday, throngs...
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