News
Changing Tides Expose Centuries-Old Petroglyphs in Hawaii
A 115-foot-long stretch of carvings is now visible for the first time since it was spotted nine years ago.
Hawai'i
Art Review
Care and Connection Are at the Heart of the 2025 Hawai‘i Triennial
The triennial has been a reminder to seek creative ways to link tradition and the present moment and to connect across difference.
News
Hawaiʻi Museum Lays Off Its Entire Staff
The Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hilo fights to stay open amid crippling financial woes.
News
Wildfires in Hawaiʻi Engulf Cultural and Historic Sites
Losses in Maui include the Na ‘Aikane o Maui Cultural Center, the Baldwin Home Museum, and the 122-year-old Pioneer Inn.
News
Smithsonian Acquires Taxidermy of First Successfully Cloned Mouse
Cumulina was created in 1997 by researchers at the University of Hawai’i and taxidermied by a local high school teacher.
Film
How Hollywood Has Helped Colonize Hawaiʻi
Anthony Banua-Simon’s documentary Cane Fire contrasts decades of Hollywood images of his home with its current reality.
Film
The Americanization of Hawai'i, Seen Through One Man's Life
Christopher Makoto Yogi’s beautiful, contemplative I Was a Simple Man merges the past and present of both one character and his environment.
In Brief
A Museum in Hawai’i Eliminates Single-Use Plastic Products
The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum plans to install water bottle stations and educational signage promoting the benefits of reducing the use of plastics and creating a waste-free lunch as part of field trips.
Art
A Video Challenges a Colonialist Narrative by Reinterpreting First Contact in the Pacific
In Hawaii, Lisa Reihana presents her video alongside the original French wallpaper the New Zealand artist was inspired by — and is challenging.
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An Exhibition Critically Explores the History of Missionaries in Hawai'i
Pulling objects from the collections of Williams College, "The Field is the World" questions how these contentious histories have existed and how they can change.
Books
The Mysterious Tale of Hawaii's van Gogh
The story of Arman Manookian, one of Hawaii's foremost modernist painters of the 1920s and '30s, is full of mystery and sadness.
Art
Re-Painting a King, Resisting Imperialism and a New Type of Art Conservation
Renowned conservator Glenn Wharton recently released a new book, The Painted King: Art, Activism and Authenticity in Hawai'i, which he spoke about last week at New York University. Wharton's book provides a captivating account of his years spent with the well-known statue of the 19th C. Hawai'ian Ki