Event Detail

Opening: the eight directions of the wind: Edmund de Waal at The Huntington

Saturday, October 18, 2025 at All day event

Cost: $13.00 - $29.00

Sponsor: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

For more information call: 626-405-2100

Or click here: https://www.huntington.org/exhibitions/eight-directions-wind-edmund-de-waal-huntington

The Huntington presents the evocative works of acclaimed British artist and author Edmund de Waal in “the eight directions of the wind: Edmund de Waal at The Huntington.” This yearlong exhibition features de Waal’s site-specific installations at three iconic Huntington sites: the Huntington Art Gallery, the Chinese Garden, and the Japanese Garden. Each installation incorporates text, natural materials, and recent works by de Waal that create new perspectives and connections among The Huntington’s collecting areas. These installations—exploring the movement of ideas, people, and objects—invite visitors to reflect on the transmission of stories and histories that shape contemporary culture. Like the primary points of a compass rose, “the eight directions of the wind” serves as a thought-provoking guide to travel through The Huntington’s iconic spaces. De Waal has received international recognition for his explorations of the contingency of memory, bringing particular histories of loss and exile into renewed life through art and literature. He is renowned for his bestselling family memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance (2010), which recounts the story of his Jewish ancestors through their collection of Japanese netsuke, or small carvings. The book has garnered multiple literary awards and has been translated into 30 languages. On view: Oct. 18, 2025 to Oct. 26, 2026.