Museums Lend Chinese Scrolls to Huntington Show
Qiu Ying, Garden for Solitary Enjoyment (small detail), 1515-52. Cleveland Museum of Art The Huntington's small Chinese art gallery, the Studio for Lodging the Mind ( 寓意齋 ), opened in 2021 with virtually no permanent collection. Ever since it has faced a chicken-or-egg dilemma. It is hard to draw visitors without important art to show, and it's hard to secure loans of light-sensitive art without assurance that they'll find appreciative audiences. Most Americans know little of Chinese ink painting, and the Studio is easy to miss on the Huntington campus, being a considerable schlep (拖) from the entrance. Studio for Lodging the Mind Fortunately the Chinese garden has been a popular hit, and its 1720-sf gallery is usually buzzing on weekends. The Studio's current exhibition is a landmark, being the first to assemble significant loans of historic Chinese painting from multiple museums. "Growing and Knowing in the Gardens of China" (through Jan. 6, 2025) has abou
