Events

Join docent Mary Flynn for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by David Pujol. Spain. 2018. 105 min.  An exhaustive journey through the life and work of Salvador Dalí, this documentary begins in 1929, when he joined the surrealist group and met Gala, his muse and collaborator. ...

Directed by David Pujol. Spain. 2018. 105 min.  An exhaustive journey through the life and work of Salvador Dalí, this documentary begins in 1929, when he joined the surrealist group and met Gala, his muse and collaborator. ...

Directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra. Colombia. 2018. English, Spanish, and Wayuu with English subtitles. 125 min. The highly anticipated new film from the creators of the Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent, Ciro Guerra and ...

Join docent Mary Flynn for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra. Colombia. 2018. English, Spanish, and Wayuu with English subtitles. 125 min. The highly anticipated new film from the creators of the Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent, Ciro Guerra and ...

Part of public programming for Mo‘olelo: Visual Storytelling of Our Connection to the Land. This panel brings together contemporary artist and University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Department of Art Chair, Gaye Chan; contemporary p...

"The Life of Kahalaopuna and Other Tales of Love Gone Wrong"Love doesn’t always last forever. Come listen to the haunting tale of Kahalaopuna, the young princess of Mānoa and other stories of love and jealousy—and the superna...

Los Angeles-based artist Hayv Kahraman (b. 1981; Baghdad, Iraq) explores themes of identity, memory, gender, and exile across paintings and sculptures that present and re-present the “colonized” female figure.&...

Written and Directed by Patrick Wang. USA. 2018. 242 min.A Bread Factory: PART I (122 min)After 40 years of running The Bread Factory, Dorothea and Greta are suddenly fighting for survival when a celebrity couple—performance artist...

Directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra. Colombia. 2018. English, Spanish, and Wayuu with English subtitles. 125 min. The highly anticipated new film from the creators of the Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent, Ciro Guerra and ...

Directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra. Colombia. 2018. English, Spanish, and Wayuu with English subtitles. 125 min. The highly anticipated new film from the creators of the Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent, Ciro Guerra and ...

Join docent Mary Flynn for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

This screening is postponed to a later date. We will update the website once the new date is determined. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. Directed by Jeremiah Tayao. USA. 2018. 64 min. Presented in coll...

Join docent Cathy Levinson for a tour featuring the exhibition Lisa Reihana: Emissaries, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra. Colombia. 2018. English, Spanish, and Wayuu with English subtitles. 125 min. The highly anticipated new film from the creators of the Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent, Ciro Guerra and ...

Docenst: Nancy Whitman + Mary Spencer Green Islandby Shawna Yang Ryan A stunning story of love, betrayal, and family, set against the backdrop of a changing Taiwan over the course of the twentieth century. About: Join the Bo...

Directed by Ondi Timoner. USA 2019. 102 min. Robert Mapplethorpe is arguably one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Mapplethorpe discovered himself both sexually and artistically in New York City throughout the 70s and 8...

Join docent Cathy Levinson for a tour featuring the exhibition Lisa Reihana: Emissaries, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Ondi Timoner. USA 2019. 102 min. Robert Mapplethorpe is arguably one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Mapplethorpe discovered himself both sexually and artistically in New York City throughout the 70s and 8...

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Docenst: Nancy Whitman + Mary Spencer Green Islandby Shawna Yang Ryan A stunning story of love, betrayal, and family, set against the backdrop of a changing Taiwan over the course of the twentieth century. About: Join the Bo...

Directed by Ondi Timoner. USA 2019. 102 min. Robert Mapplethorpe is arguably one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Mapplethorpe discovered himself both sexually and artistically in New York City throughout the 70s and 8...

Directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski. USA. 1999. 136 min.  Twenty years ago, on March 31st, 1999, The Matrix entered the Hollywood universe and captured the imagination of a generation obsessed with Y2K. Combining age-old philosoph...

Directed by Marc James Roels & Emma de Swaef. 2018. 44 min. Dutch, French, Aka, and Malinke with English subtitles. Fresh from Cannes, Toronto and Telluride comes a stop-motion film unlike any you've seen before. This mid-length fea...

Join docent Cathy Levinson for a tour featuring the exhibition Lisa Reihana: Emissaries, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Ondi Timoner. USA 2019. 102 min. Robert Mapplethorpe is arguably one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Mapplethorpe discovered himself both sexually and artistically in New York City throughout the 70s and 8...

Directed by Ondi Timoner. USA 2019. 102 min. Robert Mapplethorpe is arguably one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Mapplethorpe discovered himself both sexually and artistically in New York City throughout the 70s and 8...

Directed by Phil Grabsky. UK. 91 min. Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists of all time – and right up until his death in 1973 he was the most prolific of artists. Many films have dealt with these later years – the ...

Join docent Sandra Simms for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Ondi Timoner. USA 2019. 102 min. Robert Mapplethorpe is arguably one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Mapplethorpe discovered himself both sexually and artistically in New York City throughout the 70s and 8...

Presented in collaboration with Kapi‘olani Community College and the New Media Arts Lecture 2019 Series, join us for a talk story with the legends who brought you Moana, The Princess and the Frog, Treasure Planet, Hercules, Aladdin...

Join docent Sandra Simms for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

When the University of Leicester Archaeology Service undertook the Grey Friars project, it was thought that the chances of finding the remains of Richard III were slim to none. Nevertheless, Professor Turi King, with her background both ...

Directed by Phil Grabsky. UK. 91 min. Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists of all time – and right up until his death in 1973 he was the most prolific of artists. Many films have dealt with these later years – the ...

Presented in partnership with Hawaii Filmmakers Collective, join local filmmakers as they create and present films written, shot, and edited within forty-eight hours. Guidelines for this year’s challenge will be posted on hifilmmak...

Directed by Phil Grabsky. UK. 91 min. Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists of all time – and right up until his death in 1973 he was the most prolific of artists. Many films have dealt with these later years – the ...

Join docent Sandra Simms for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Hu. China. 2018. 230 min. Mandarin with English subtitles.Under the gloomy sky of a small town in northern China, three protagonists’ lives are intertwined in this furious tale of nihilistic rage. While protecting h...

Directed by Phil Grabsky. UK. 91 min. Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists of all time – and right up until his death in 1973 he was the most prolific of artists. Many films have dealt with these later years – the ...

Join docent Carole Iacovelli for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

In partnership with The Merwin Conservancy, the museum hosts an intimate evening in The Green Room with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, a plant ecologist, writer, professor, enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, and founding directo...

Join docent Carole Iacovelli for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Tony Buba. USA. 2014. 56 min. Ghosts of Amistad, directed by Tony Buba, is based on Marcus Rediker’s The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Viking-Penguin, 2012). It chronicles a trip to Sie...

Directed by Arwen Curry. United States. 2018. 68 min.Best-known for groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy works such as A Wizard of Earthsea, The Left Hand of Darkness, and The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin defiantly held her g...

Directed by Arwen Curry. United States. 2018. 68 min.Best-known for groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy works such as A Wizard of Earthsea, The Left Hand of Darkness, and The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin defiantly held her g...

Part of public programming for Lisa Reihana: Emissaries. Join dancer Madelyn Biven in this movement workshop. Participants will be guided through Lisa Reihana’s in Pursuit of Venus [infected] and will be asked to respond. Mad...

CatVideoFest is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and, of course, classic internet powerhouses. CatVideoFest [http://www.catvid...

Directed by Arwen Curry. United States. 2018. 68 min.Best-known for groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy works such as A Wizard of Earthsea, The Left Hand of Darkness, and The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin defiantly held her g...

Join docent Carole Iacovelli for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Join us for a unique collaboration between photographer David Foster and award-winning poets Ann Inoshita, April Coloretti, Carol Catanzariti, Christy Passion, John Simonds, Joseph Stanton, Juliet Lee, Liam Skilling, Shan Correa, and Sue...

Join docent Lena Galbraith for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Join docent Lena Galbraith for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Hawai‘i Island-based artist Melissa Chimera engages present-day conversations around human migration by exploring her own genealogical history as a descendant of immigrants from the Philippines and Lebanon. Her most recent series d...

Directed by Jackie Chan. 1985. 100 min. Cantonese with English subtitles. The jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in Jackie Chan’s breathtakingly inventive martial-arts comedy, a smash hit that made him a worldwide icon...

Directed by Jackie Chan. 1985. 100 min. Cantonese with English subtitles. The jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in Jackie Chan’s breathtakingly inventive martial-arts comedy, a smash hit that made him a worldwide icon...

Directed by Jackie Chan. 1988. 122 min. Cantonese with English subtitles.Jackie Chan followed up the massive success of Police Story with an even bigger box-office hit. Having been demoted to a lowly traffic cop for his, ahem, unortho...

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 Jackie Chan. 1985. 100 min. Cantonese with English subtitles. The jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in Jackie Chan’s breathtakingly inventive martial-arts comedy, a smash hit that made him a worldwide icon...

Directed by Jackie Chan. 1988. 122 min. Cantonese with English subtitles.Jackie Chan followed up the massive success of Police Story with an even bigger box-office hit. Having been demoted to a lowly traffic cop for his, ahem, unortho...

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.

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 ...

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.

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...