Who doesn't love Aloha attire? Ready to dress up and  learn the history? Join Hawaii's Queer Hiking & Activities Group (LGBTQIA+) - Oahu for a queer culture night filled with fun and fabulousness. See HoMAʻs new iconic Fashioning Aloha exhibit, spanning almost 90 years, Fashioning Aloha showcases the diversity and inspiration of design motifs in aloha … Continue reading Queer Culture Night at HoMA: Fashioning Aloha Exhibit and Art Talk

Inspired by Persian mythology and embracing digital art forms, Shangri La's Artist-in-Residence Navid Sinaki  has created The Infinite Garden, a queer epic about a king who builds a garden for each of his three lovers; one of flowers, one of fruit, and another of glass. Each lover regales the king with tales of shrinking princes, supernatural trickery, and paramours … Continue reading The Infinite Garden

Itʻs the last week to catch this exhibition exploring six decades of prints and multiples (including the groundbreaking "Fourteen Poems by C.P. Cavafy" portfolio from 1966) by acclaimed British artist David Hockney. Many of his iconic subjects—such as Southern California swimming pools, monumental landscapes, playful theater designs, and sometimes tender, sometimes quirky portrayals of family, … Continue reading David Hockney: Perspective Should Be Reversed

It’s Queer Art and Queer Family Day at HOMA with the Oʻahu Queer Hiking and Activities Group, and itʻs a great time to see the new David Hockney retrospective exhibit. Held the third Sunday of every month, Family Sunday presented by Bank of Hawai‘i Foundation features creative activities for keiki of all ages, entertainment, and … Continue reading HoMA Queer WalkStory and Family Art Day

Art for Life is HoMAʻs new community-based art-making program for individuals age 55+. The classes are designed to unleash creativity and self-expression and offer opportunities for new connections. Art making has the transformative power to foster community and ignite passion, purpose, and curiosity. Each class is an opportunity for self-directed learning and social interaction and … Continue reading Art for Life

See the incredible talent, creativity and resilience of Hawaiʻi’s established and emerging local burlesque, cabaret and varieté performers as they grace the Doris Duke Theatre stage. Come early at 6pm to catch the pre-show performance and reception in the museum’s Central and Luce courtyards. Full lineup to be announced! For more information, and to purchase … Continue reading October 6 -7: HBF 2023: Pasties Across the Pae’aina

No Ordinary Love is Salman Toor’s (b. 1983, Pakistan) first museum exhibition in the Pacific region. The show features approximately 40 recent paintings and works on paper in the artist’s unique style of contemporary genre painting. Weaving together contemporary scenes with historical motifs drawn from European, American, and South Asian artistic traditions, Toor’s work tells stories … Continue reading Through October 8: Salman Toor | No Ordinary Love

Join Oʻahu Hawaiʻi Queer Hiking for an evening at the Honolulu Museum of Art featuring artist Salman Toorʻs No Ordinary Love exhibition and artistʻs talk. Meet at 6pm to view the exhibition and wander the museum, then join the artist live in the Doris Duke Theater at 7pm for a conversation, and continue to browse … Continue reading Queer WalkStory at HoMA: Salman Toor

In Elegance Bratton’s deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay, Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the … Continue reading February 3, 9 & 18: The Inspection

HoMA's major fall exhibition Artists of Hawai‘i Now featires 13 new works by 18 contemporary Hawai‘i artists. Through a mix of technology, new media, performance, site-specific works, and traditional art practices, the dynamic, thought-provoking works in Artists of Hawai‘i Now examines some of today's most crucial and timely themes. Explore the collective vision of this diverse … Continue reading Artists of Hawai‘i Now