South Wing Galleries
113th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition
Gold Medal artists use classical methods to express vital modern messages, ranging from environmental preservation to social issues and attitudes. The 113th installment of this storied exhibition offers the most exceptional representational works being created today by current Club artists.
Burra Family Community Room
Recent Acquisitions
This exhibition introduces paintings recently added to The Hilbert Collection, including works by Joseph Kleitsch, Truman Hosner, Z.S. Liang, J.C. Leyendecker, Mary Ingebrand-Pohlad and more.
James L. and Lynne P. Doti Gallery of American Illustration
Picturing Paradise: The Art of California Orange Box Labels
Colorful crate labels dating from the 1880s to 1955 with spectacular illustrations depicting Southern California as a land of flirty Spanish senoritas and picturesque haciendas. These designs helped not only to sell oranges, but to promote the notion of “paradise found.”
North Wing Galleries
California Art from The Permanent Collection
Eight galleries in the North Wing will be dedicated to showcasing the vast variety of oil and watercolor paintings, prints and drawings in The Hilbert Collection, from the late 1800s through today.
Cinema Arts Galleries
Disney Classics of the 1950s and ’60s
Selected from the deep archives of the Hilbert Museum’s animation collection, this exhibition spotlights original art by Disney artists from such films as Peter Pan, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and more.
North Wing Galleries
21st Century Realism by California Artists
Each of these artists, in works chosen from The Hilbert Collection, has developed a very personal and identifiable style, even though all are working in the genres of realism, photorealism or hyper-realism. In fact, several of these realist genres were pioneered by California artists.
Founders Gallery of Native American Art
Eye Dazzlers: Marvels of Navajo Weaving from the Hilbert Collection
Blankets woven by Navajo women in the 1800s and 1900s, and known for their vibrant colors, intricate patterns and bold, geometric forms.
Founders Gallery of American Design
Art of the Airwaves: Novelty Radios from the 1930s – 1970s
This exhibition features novelty radios that depict Disney favorites, beloved cowboy heroes, holiday characters, sports icons and more. There are even some shaped like world globes, tropical huts, a piano and a Coca-Cola cooler!
Tickets/Reservations
Come explore these exhibitions at the Hilbert Museum of California Art!
The Hilbert Museum recommends FREE online reservations for entry. Guests who arrive without a reservation will be assisted by our staff as available and admitted as space permits.
We look forward to seeing you!