Blog - Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

Party Like It’s 1908

Conservator using a very small paintbrush to paint in areas of lost paint on a shutter in the Peacock Room.

September 12, 2022September 13, 2022

Phase One of the Peacock Room Conservation Project Is Complete!

detail of two conservators working on a panel below a window

August 1, 2022August 15, 2022

The Conservation Work Begins!

a conservator dusts the peacock room shelves

June 13, 2022August 15, 2022

Conserving the Peacock Room

a blue haired buddha sculpture

May 20, 2022May 24, 2022

Sensational Buddhism: Marks of Perfection

Buddhism, China, Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia, India, Tibetan Art

Film still of a large group of people of various ages arranged in four rows, with some standing, some seated, and children on the laps of some seated, behind them is a backdrop of a building with signage in Chinese

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022

An Introduction to Qiu Jiongjiong

Asian Cinema, Asian Film, Asian Filmmakers, China, Chinese Cinema, Chinese film, Chinese Filmmakers, cinema, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Films

January 22, 2022February 1, 2022

Exploring Digital Initiatives through Chinese Buddhist Art and Architecture

archaeology, Ars Orientalis, Buddhism, China, digitization, east Asia

A gathering of revelers who imbibe sake, enjoy food served on lacquer dishes, and listen to the sounds of the shamisen snow falls outside.

January 21, 2022

Unseen Art History: Utagawa Toyoharu’s ‘A Winter Party’

Charles Lang Freer, Japan, painting, Unseen Art History

Wine cup side view

December 10, 2021December 20, 2021

Unseen Art History: Wine cup from the Hoi An Hoard shipwreck

ceramics, Pottery, Shipwreck, Southeast Asian Art, Unseen Art History, Vietnam