Events

Docent: Sue Francis The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston For hundreds of years, legends have told of an ancient, lost city hidden in the Honduran rainforest, so sacred anyone who disturbed it would die. In 2012 ...

Part of public programming for Lisa Reihana: Emissaries. This From the Vault event will feature works from our collection of underrepresented artists and subject matter. Spend a morning with members of our curatorial staff for an up-clo...

Join docent Susan Palmore for a tour featuring the work of Honolulu Biennial 2019 artists, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Jia Zhangke. 2019. China. 136 min. Mandarin with English subtitles. Director Jia Zhangke's latest feature tells a tumultuous love story in the wake of China's economic transformation. Qiao (Zhao Tao) is in love with her boyf...

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Docent: Sue Francis The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston For hundreds of years, legends have told of an ancient, lost city hidden in the Honduran rainforest, so sacred anyone who disturbed it would die. In 2012 ...

Presented by Shakti's Den ProductionsTickets: $30 pre-sale | $40 at the door | $45 VIP seating, first 3 center row Doors open at 7pm with beer and wine available for purchase. The show will have an intermission.Join us for an incredible...

Directed by Jia Zhangke. 2019. China. 136 min. Mandarin with English subtitles. Director Jia Zhangke's latest feature tells a tumultuous love story in the wake of China's economic transformation. Qiao (Zhao Tao) is in love with her boyf...

Join docent Susan Palmore for a tour featuring the work of Honolulu Biennial 2019 artists, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Jia Zhangke. 2019. China. 136 min. Mandarin with English subtitles. Director Jia Zhangke's latest feature tells a tumultuous love story in the wake of China's economic transformation. Qiao (Zhao Tao) is in love with her boyf...

Directed by Jia Zhangke. 2019. China. 136 min. Mandarin with English subtitles. Director Jia Zhangke's latest feature tells a tumultuous love story in the wake of China's economic transformation. Qiao (Zhao Tao) is in love with her boyf...

Presented by Hawaii News Now. Hawaii News Now unveils a film that documents the aftermath of the 2018 Kilauea eruption. It’s been nearly a year since volcanic fissures opened up across parts of Hawai'i Island’s lower east ri...

Join docents Tomoko Kamiya and Yoko Fujimoto for a Japanese language tour of museum highlights, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Francesco Invernizzi. Italy. 2019. Italian with English subtitles. In celebration of the 500th Anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci’s passing, and in partnership with the Friends of Italy Society of Hawaii, the museum is p...

Directed by Francesco Invernizzi. Italy. 2019. Italian with English subtitles. In celebration of the 500th Anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci’s passing, and in partnership with the Friends of Italy Society of Hawaii, the museum is p...

Join docents Tomoko Kamiya and Yoko Fujimoto for a Japanese language tour of museum highlights, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC) presents PIC EXCHANGE in partnership with the Honolulu Museum of Art, Doris Duke Theatre.PIC EXCHANGE is a community engagement screening series that brings community members together in an inclu...

Directed by Francesco Invernizzi. Italy. 2019. Italian with English subtitles. In celebration of the 500th Anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci’s passing, and in partnership with the Friends of Italy Society of Hawaii, the museum is p...

Directed by Franco Rosso. UK. 1981. 95 min. Never-before released in the U.S., Franco Rosso's Babylon had its world premiere at Cannes in 1980 but was deemed "too controversial, and likely to incite racial tension" (Vivien Goldman, Time...

Directed by Francesco Invernizzi. Italy. 2019. Italian with English subtitles. In celebration of the 500th Anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci’s passing, and in partnership with the Friends of Italy Society of Hawaii, the museum is p...

Directed by Franco Rosso. UK. 1981. 95 min. Never-before released in the U.S., Franco Rosso's Babylon had its world premiere at Cannes in 1980 but was deemed "too controversial, and likely to incite racial tension" (Vivien Goldman, Time...

Directed by Heperi Mita. 2018. New Zealand. 95 min. In the 1970s, Merata Mita broke through barriers of race, class, and gender to become the first Māori woman to write and direct a feature film. Tackling controversial issues of indigen...

Join docents Tomoko Kamiya and Yoko Fujimoto for a Japanese language tour of museum highlights, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Heperi Mita. 2018. New Zealand. 95 min. In the 1970s, Merata Mita broke through barriers of race, class, and gender to become the first Māori woman to write and direct a feature film. Tackling controversial issues of indigen...

Directed by Franco Rosso. UK. 1981. 95 min. Never-before released in the U.S., Franco Rosso's Babylon had its world premiere at Cannes in 1980 but was deemed "too controversial, and likely to incite racial tension" (Vivien Goldman, Time...

HOT’s Opera Preview event features an in-depth lecture from distinguished musicologist Dr. Lynne Johnson about the opera, filled with surprising facts and fascinating background information. This must-see event is a chance to see a...

Directed by Franco Rosso. UK. 1981. 95 min. Never-before released in the U.S., Franco Rosso's Babylon had its world premiere at Cannes in 1980 but was deemed "too controversial, and likely to incite racial tension" (Vivien Goldman, Time...

In partnership with Honolulu Civil Beat, join us for a keynote address by His Excellency, Anote Tong, former President of The Republic of Kiribati, and a moderated conversation to discuss how sea level rise affects our Pacific Island com...

Doors open at 5pm, Film program starts at 6pm. Hosted in partnership with Hālau Kū Māna, join us for a special one-night film festival created by activists for activists. The Wild & Scenic Film Festival brings together a selection o...

Directed by Heperi Mita. 2018. New Zealand. 95 min. In the 1970s, Merata Mita broke through barriers of race, class, and gender to become the first Māori woman to write and direct a feature film. Tackling controversial issues of indigen...

Directed by Jean-Philippe Gaud. 2018. France / Morocco. 95 min. French and Moroccan Arabic with English subtitles. Growing up in the Moroccan village of Tazzeka, Elias learned the secrets of traditional Moroccan cuisine from his grandmo...

Part of The Cultural Animation Film Festival 2019. Animation Inspiration: Inspiring animated films from around the world.  We kick off this year's fest with cultural dance performances from Oceania. Our opening night pro...

The most famous works of Japanese woodblock printmaking owe their existence to an accident in a German chemist’s laboratory. In 1706, two scientists in Berlin were preparing a batch of red pigment derived from cochineal insects, ir...

Marian Bijlenga, a Dutch contemporary artist, approaches mark-making with an innovative use of materials as a drawn “line.” Her unique constructions respond to the environment, echoing her interpretations of interconnected we...

Hear and see what inspires Marian Bijlenga’s works on view in Constellation—drawing in space. A Dutch contemporary artist, Bijlenga approaches mark-making with an innovative use of materials as a drawn “line.” Her...

Part of The Cultural Animation Film Festival 2019. Animated Lives: True stories of life, love and death featuring the Hawai’i premiere of Frida Kahlo, à travers le masque (through the mask) and Kardiyarlu Kangurnu (Whi...

Part of The Cultural Animation Film Festival 2019.Animated Perspectives: A collection of animated films with a diverse point of view.Our third program brings together short animated films from Ghanaian, VR culture, Hawaiian, Filipin...

Part of The Cultural Animation Film Festival 2019. Keiki Cartoons!: A special selection of animated short films for kids and kids at heart.Our closing program brings together family friendly short animated films from around th...

Part of The Cultural Animation Film Festival 2019. Keiki Cartoons!: A special selection of animated short films for kids and kids at heart.Our closing program brings together family friendly short animated films from around th...

Directed by Jean-Philippe Gaud. 2018. France / Morocco. 95 min. French and Moroccan Arabic with English subtitles. Growing up in the Moroccan village of Tazzeka, Elias learned the secrets of traditional Moroccan cuisine from his grandmo...

Directed by Jean-Philippe Gaud. 2018. France / Morocco. 95 min. French and Moroccan Arabic with English subtitles. Growing up in the Moroccan village of Tazzeka, Elias learned the secrets of traditional Moroccan cuisine from his grandmo...

Directed by Amélie Ravalec. 2019. UK. 80 min. A journey into art, madness and the unconscious. An exploration of visionary artists and the creative impulse, from the Flemish Masters of the Renaissance to the avant-garde movement ...

Join Violetta Beretta and the Cherry Blossom Cabaret for a romp into the woods and through the magical doors of The Glass Slipper Cabaret, the hottest hot-spot in the Enchanted Forest! We’re celebrating our love of all things fairy...

Docent: Kaui Philpotts Cane Firesby Kaui Philpotts In the time after World War II when the Hawaiian islands were still blanketed with fields of sugar cane and pineapple, the myriad of ethnic races living in plantation camps have only j...

Join Violetta Beretta and the Cherry Blossom Cabaret for a romp into the woods and through the magical doors of The Glass Slipper Cabaret, the hottest hot-spot in the Enchanted Forest! We’re celebrating our love of all things fairy...

Directed by Amélie Ravalec. 2019. UK. 80 min. A journey into art, madness and the unconscious. An exploration of visionary artists and the creative impulse, from the Flemish Masters of the Renaissance to the avant-garde movement ...

Directed by Amélie Ravalec. 2019. UK. 80 min. A journey into art, madness and the unconscious. An exploration of visionary artists and the creative impulse, from the Flemish Masters of the Renaissance to the avant-garde movement ...

Directed by Amélie Ravalec. 2019. UK. 80 min. A journey into art, madness and the unconscious. An exploration of visionary artists and the creative impulse, from the Flemish Masters of the Renaissance to the avant-garde movement ...

Docent: Kaui Philpotts Cane Firesby Kaui Philpotts In the time after World War II when the Hawaiian islands were still blanketed with fields of sugar cane and pineapple, the myriad of ethnic races living in plantation camps have only j...

Open air artists have a history of wanting to capture nature as they experience it. Wahi Pana: A Sense of Place showcases artwork informed by the narratives of the wahi pana, sacred places, throughout the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaiians ...