Lecture Series

Exhibiting Asia in the 21st Century

Exhibiting Asia in the 21st Century is an occasional lecture series inaugurated in 2012 to honor the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Today, globally engaged exhibiting of Asian art involves challenges never imagined when our museums and disciplines were established. Why does the aura of objects remain important in an era of virtual learning? What is the impact of 24/7 exhibition cycles on curators? Why is it urgent to reexamine the historical roots of current collections and intellectual frameworks? How do museums present objects as simultaneously "icons" and "artworks"? Who interprets Asian art? Answers to these and other pressing questions will be explored in talks delivered by leading experts in the field.

The series is organized by the Curatorial and Scholarly Programs Departments of the Freer|Sackler.

All events will take place in the Meyer Auditorium at 7pm.

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Upcoming Events

Thursday, April 5 2012

Grass and Honey: Continuity and Contingency in Seoul
Heejin Kim, Director of Art Space Pool, Seoul

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Religion in the Gallery: Two talks followed by a conversation

• On the Look and Logos of Zen Art Modernism
  Gregory Levine, associate professor of the art and architecture of Japan and Buddhist visual cultures, University of California, Berkeley
• Settings or Shrines? Displaying Tibetan Art
  Katherine Anne Paul, curator of the arts of Asia, Newark Museum

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

The Gulshan Album: The Collections of a Young Prince
Milo Cleveland Beach, former director of the Freer and Sackler Galleries

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Making History: Contemporary Art and the Middle East
Glenn D. Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Grandfather)
From the series Updating a Family Album
Malekeh Mayini (Iran, b. 1955)
1997
Computer-generated photograph; 42 x 29.6 cm
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery     S2000.122