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Today 2:00PM	David Lynch: The Art Life	Tickets
Wed Apr 30 11:00AM	Highlights tour Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 11am	Included with admission
Wed Apr 30 2:00PM	New Exhibitions Spotlight Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 2pm	Included with admission
Thu May 1 11:00AM	Courtyards of HoMA Thursdays and Saturdays at 11am	Included with admission
Thu May 1 2:00PM	Kiru	Tickets

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Latest news

Three paintings important to Hawaiian history now on view for limited time

On April 16, members of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I came to the museum to bless the installation of three exceptional 19th-century paintings now on view at HoMA. Rarely accessible to the public, t…

HT25 at HoMA: Hayv Kahraman on Hawaiian snails, folk tales, and flax

This Sunday, April 20, the Honolulu Museum of Art celebrates Earth Day at a time when all the exhibitions on view happen to be deeply connected to nature. Part of the event’s programming includes a ta…

Gallery highlight: Olga de Amaral’s Alquimia (triptico)

At the Fondation Cartier in Paris, people were recently lined up around the block to see the first major retrospective in Europe of the work of Olga de Amaral. Born and raised in Bogotà, Colombia, de …

What’s new at the HoMA Shop

The HoMA Shop is Honolulu’s one-stop spot for meaningful gifts and must-haves for yourself. From contemporary jewelry and home design to art books and accessories, it has something for everyone. It is…

HT25 at HoMA: Al Lagunero creates pilina through art

As you enter the Hawai‘i Triennial 2025 installation in Gallery 28, you are met by Maui-based artist Al Lagunero’s painting Ka‘aha‘āinaokahaku—his mother’s story of his great-grandmother, the traditio…

HT25 at HoMA: Edith Amituanai’s story of homecoming

In Gallery 14, as part of the Hawai‘i Triennial 2025, artist Edith Amituanai’s film Vaimoe fills a wall with images of Samoa—dramatic skies, lush landscapes, calm waters. You can watch it ten times an…

Halona Norton-Westbrook to leave for Fort Worth: “Leading the museum has been a dream and an honor”

For the past five years, Director and CEO Halona Norton-Westbrook has been a visionary leader and friend to the Honolulu Museum of Art. Under her leadership, the museum navigated a pandemic and emerge…

HT25 at HoMA: Rose B. Simpson pays respect

Two metal posts holding ceramic heads and giant beads stand sentinel in front of the Honolulu Museum of Art. It is artist Rose B. Simpson’s sculpture A’gin, part of the Hawai‘i Triennial 2025. HoMA is…

What the Hawai‘i Triennial 2025 has in store at HoMA

The Hawai‘i Triennial 2025 opens Feb. 15! HoMA has been a site of exhibition and programming since this singular art event launched as a biennial in 2017. This year the museum is one of 13 places part…

The museum mourns the loss of Satoru Abe

The museum is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of artist Satoru Abe on Feb 4. One of Hawai‘i’s most renowned and influential artists, he helped shape modernist art here. His dedication and cont…

Conserving the modern Japanese painting Garden

In a studio space in the Honolulu Museum of Art basement, Rie Pace carefully dabs a spot on a large painting with a sheet of laboratory tissue moistened with a solution of water and vinegar. She has b…

The Changing Museum

Museum experts sit together to discuss the opportunities facing the changing museum.

A New Year message from Halona Norton-Westbrook

Aloha HoMA Community, Happy holidays from the Honolulu Museum of Art! This time of year brings a milestone for me as January 2025 marks my fifth anniversary with the museum. It has been an inspiring …

Tiger Tales: Art in times of war

This is the third post in a series of stories that take you behind the scenes of the exhibition Home of the Tigers: McKinley High and Modern Art, on view through January 12, 2025.  For Alejandra Rojas…

Sustainability Film Series: Vanishing Voices

Panelists discuss the themes of the film "Vanishing Voices," which shares the story of the Hawaiian honeycreeper.

Tiger Tales: Finding Raymond Han

This is part of a series of stories that take you behind the scenes of the exhibition Home of the Tigers: McKinley High and Modern Art, on view through Jan. 12, 2025. Curators Alejandra Rojas Silva an…

New membership program offers new ways to connect with art and community

In August, the museum launched its new membership program. A year in the making, the initiative saw the Advancement team—along with key staff involved in visitor experience, programs, learning and eng…

HoMA Shop Gift Guide

$25 and under A simple plan For all the bells-and-whistle apps out there designed to help you organize your life, there really is nothing like a physical agenda. The simple, candy-colored weekly plan…

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