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November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

Party Like It’s 1908

Peacock Room
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!

Peacock Room
detail of two conservators working on a panel below a window
August 1, 2022August 15, 2022

The Conservation Work Begins!

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
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
Gallery view of the exhibition Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia
November 29, 2021December 3, 2021

Sensational Buddhism

Buddhism, Buddhist Art, Buddhist Practice, Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia, Tibetan Art, Tibetan Shrine Room
Tea bowl with design of chrysanthemums, Stoneware with white slip and iron pigment under clear glaze, gold leaf over glaze
November 12, 2021November 10, 2021

Unseen Art History: Tea Bowl with Design of Chrysanthemums

ceramics, Japanese Art, Japanese ceramics, provenance, Provenance Research, Unseen Art History, Yamanaka & Co.
Square landscape of a New England church along a tree lined road in Deerfield, Mass. on an October morning, the leaves on the trees and falling on the ground have begun turning yellow
October 8, 2021October 7, 2021

Unseen Art History: October Morning: Deerfield, Mass

American Art, Charles Lang Freer, Landscape, Provenance Research, United States, Unseen Art History, Willard Metcalf
Fan mounted on a hanging scroll with a painting of chrysanthemum flowers
September 9, 2021September 9, 2021

Unseen Art History: September (Chrysanthemum)  

Art History, Autumn, Chrysanthemum, flowers, Japan, Japanese Art, provenance, Unseen Art History, Watanabe Seitei
September 1, 2021September 2, 2021

From Court to Concert Hall: The Origins of Classical Music in Japan

classical music, concert, court music, Japan, Meiji era, music, piano, violin
Two large Chinese ancestor portraits hang on a gallery wall in a starkly lit room painted blue
August 6, 2021March 21, 2022

Unseen Art History: Ancestor Portraits—Prince Hongming and Lady Wanyan

Art History, Chinese Art, Pritzlaff Collection, provenance, Unseen Art History
Cyanotype print, one wall of the Tachara of Darius
July 23, 2021July 14, 2021

This Day in Freer History: July 23, 1879

Yang Gui Fei
June 23, 2021June 22, 2021

Thinking Beyond the Frame

Bai Juyi, Five Women Who Changed the World, Japanese Art, Oda Mayumi, poetry, Print, Silkscreen, social media, Song of Everlasting Sorrow, Tale of Genji, Women in Art, Women's History Month, Yang Guifei
Woodblock print illustration of depicts the courtier Fujiwara no Yasumasa (958-1036) strolling on a desolate moor and subduing a would-be robber with the seductive sounds of his flute.
April 23, 2021May 23, 2022

The Guiding Hand of Past Masters

Fujiwara no Yasumasa, Gerhard Pulverer Collection, Hakamadare, Illustrated Books, Japanese Art, Japanese Artists, Kikuchi Yōsai, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, World Book Day
Black and white photo of installation view, “Chinese, Corean [sic] and Japanese potteries” exhibition, Knoedler & Co., New York, March 2–21, 1914.
March 21, 2021March 21, 2021

This Day in Freer History: March 21, 1914

Archives, ceramics, Charles Lang Freer, Chinese Art, Freer at 100, Freer Gallery of Art Collection, Freer History, Japanese Art, Korean Art
Three figures of musicians depicted in metalwork from the Sasanian period
March 17, 2021March 16, 2021

Nowruz, Courts, and Music

Ancient Near East, celebrations, equinox, music, Nowruz, Persian, spring
A figure in orange and pink wearing a crown rides a long-legged, long-necked bird
February 19, 2021February 18, 2021

Amit Dutta’s Cinematic Museum

Amit Dutta, Asian Film, film, film series, Indian Cinema, Indian Film
February 12, 2021February 12, 2021

Happy Losar!

Alice S. Kandell Collection, Buddhism, Losar, Lunar New Year, Sikkim, Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan New Year
Zhongshan Going on Excursion
February 12, 2021February 12, 2021

Zhong Kui and the Lunar New Year

Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Shoki, Zhong Kui, Zhongshan
One of a pair of “Door Guardian” prints. This one portraying Yuzhi Gong. Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection, FSC-GR-626.
February 2, 2021February 2, 2021

Memories of a Lunar New Year Past

celebrations, Chinese New Year, Door gods, family traditions, holidays, Lunar New Year
Puzzle pieces in a pile
December 17, 2020January 3, 2022

Puzzling our way through!

In-gallery photo of Buddhist sculptures at the Freer Gallery of Art
November 22, 2020November 22, 2020

This Day in Freer History: November 22, 1920

Amitabha, Buddha, Buddhism, C.T. Loo, Charles Lang Freer, China, east Asia, Eugene and Agnes Meyer, Freer at 100, Freer History, John E. Lodge, Katharine Nash Rhoades, provenance, sculpture, Xiangtangshan
Painting fragment of an Indian prince with a flower in one hand riding a white horse, representing the planet of Venus.
September 22, 2020September 22, 2020

Astrology’s Reveal: Fragments of a Scroll

Astrology, Horoscopes, India, Indian art, painting, Planets, Zodiac
September 1, 2020September 2, 2020

Zooming in on the Shapur Plate

Close looking, Online Tours, tours
August 9, 2020August 9, 2020

LONELY PLANET in Edo-period Japan: Meisho Zue

Japanese Art, Library, Travel
July 18, 2020July 27, 2020

This Day in Freer History: July 18, 1894

Charles Lang Freer, Freer at 100, Freer Gallery of Art, Freer History, James McNeill Whistler
A king sitting on a woven rug surrounded by trees, the rug is on a field of yellow, the king is seated against a bolster and two birds are perched on his outstretched hand
June 11, 2020June 11, 2020

Studying Rajput Ragamala Paintings

Indian art, Indian classical music, Ragamala painting, South Asian art
April 20, 2020April 17, 2020

This Day in Freer History: April 20, 1907

Charles Lang Freer, Freer at 100, Freer Gallery, Freer History
Decorated ewer showing a woman wearing a garment
April 13, 2020April 13, 2020

Ladies of the East: Representation of Women on Sasanian Ewers

Ewer, female figures, Sasanian period, silver
April 8, 2020April 8, 2020

International Provenance Research Day

Charles Lang Freer, Day of Provenance Research 2020, provenance, Provenance Research, Provenienzforschung 2020
April 6, 2020April 6, 2020

Movies in the Spirit of the Cherry Blossoms

March 21, 2020March 23, 2020

This Day in Freer History: March 21, 1907

Charles Lang Freer, Freer at 100, Freer History
February 23, 2020April 15, 2020

This Day in Freer History: February 23, 1901

Charles Lang Freer, Freer at 100, Freer History, History, Katsushika Hokusai
October 9, 2019May 23, 2022

Anachronistic Artworks: Connecting Steampunk to Ancient Chinese Art

Teen Council
October 2, 2019March 25, 2020

Meeting our Mentors

Teen Council
September 25, 2019May 19, 2022

Unrooted from the Northern Qi

Traditional Vietnamese architecture with red bricks.
September 11, 2019March 25, 2020

Mountains, Museums, and the Mekong Delta: Travels in Vietnam

September 9, 2019March 25, 2020

The Plain Pier of Beautiful Harmonies

Jiro Ueda positions the handscroll for reflectance imaging spectroscopy
August 22, 2019March 25, 2020

Scientific Imaging of a Japanese Handscroll

Japan
carved blue clay goddess
October 29, 2018March 25, 2020

Pocket-Sized Protectors

carved stone figure of a female
August 17, 2018March 25, 2020

Ancient women speak out – today!

Dance from Indonesia: Classical and Modern
July 17, 2018March 25, 2020

Dance from Indonesia: Classical and Contemporary

Indonesia
Krishna and his family admire a solar eclipse
June 20, 2018March 25, 2020

Krishna and his family admire a solar eclipse 

Freer comparing Whistler’s Venus Rising from the Sea (F1903.174) to an Islamic glazed ceramic pot (F1905.61), 1909. Photograph by Alvin Langdon Coburn.
April 10, 2018March 25, 2020

This Saturday: Reconsider Freer’s Asian Ceramics

Charles Lang Freer
Palace Women and Children Celebrating the New Year
March 5, 2018March 25, 2020

Embracing the Year of the Dog

Lunar New Year
Portrait of Jalal al-Din Mirza (ca. 1827–1872), son of Fath-Ali Shah
February 23, 2018March 25, 2020

Introducing the Prince and the Shah

Iran, Iranian Film Festival, The Prince and the Shah
February 7, 2018March 25, 2020

Exploring Civilizations at the Freer

Main gate and remains of Candi Belahan (1049), East Java
January 31, 2018March 25, 2020

Indonesia Intrepid II

Indonesia
Marshal Xin of Thunder
November 7, 2017March 25, 2020

Chinese Painting Conservation in Action

paintings
An archival photograph of a street with a man and carriages further down
October 2, 2017March 25, 2020

Revisiting Whistler’s Neighborhood: The House with the Copper Door

James McNeill Whistler
September 25, 2017March 25, 2020

Revisiting Whistler’s Neighborhood: Freer and Whistler’s Final Days Together

Charles Lang Freer, James McNeill Whistler
woman in kimono
September 19, 2017March 25, 2020

The Mystery of the Missing Frame

James McNeill Whistler
Emma Stein holding camera
August 23, 2017March 25, 2020

Indonesia Intrepid I

Indonesia
Performers from Utamaro, the musical
July 19, 2017March 25, 2020

Utamaro: The Musical at the Freer|Sackler

Kitagawa Utamaro
Chinese New Year performance
February 4, 2017May 23, 2022

Chinese New Year: Celebrating with Food and Art

Chinese New Year, Family Day
February 2, 2017March 25, 2020

Chinese New Year: Painted Clay Sculptures Celebrate Beijing Opera Characters

Chinese New Year
January 31, 2017May 23, 2022

Chinese New Year: Step Into a Beijing Artist’s Bristle Doll Studio

Chinese New Year, Family Day
Water-Moon Avalokitesvara (Suwol Gwaneum bosal)
January 24, 2017October 19, 2021

Goryeo Buddhist Painting: A Closer Look

Buddhism, Goryeo period, Korea, paintings
Statue figurine - Gilt copper alloy with turquoise, copper and pigments
January 18, 2017May 19, 2022

Meet Our Volunteer: Patrick Hamilton

S2012.5a-b, volunteers
James McNeill Whistler’s watercolor “Blue and Silver: Chopping Channel”
November 23, 2016March 25, 2020

Whistler’s Watercolors: Sneak Peek

F1905.120a-b, F1907.170a-d
Detail, Courtesan beneath a Mosquito Net; (with cat)
October 28, 2016March 25, 2020

National Cat Day: Courtesan Beneath a Mosquito Net

F1995.17
blue and white porcelain incense burner
October 14, 2016March 25, 2020

Chinamania in 3D

Chinamania
Possibly Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin) in the guise of a Buddha
October 12, 2016March 25, 2020

National Fossil Day: A Mysterious Mammoth Carving

F1957.25
collection of jade disks (bi 璧)
October 6, 2016July 23, 2021

Jades for Life and Death

Oil on wood panel painting of the ocean
September 26, 2016March 25, 2020

Grey and Gold

F1904.163a-b, James McNeill Whistler
September 16, 2016March 25, 2020

Notes from the Desert

Gauri Gill
Chrysanthemums and Wine Jar by Chinese artist Qi Baishi
September 9, 2016March 25, 2020

Chrysanthemum Wine on the Double Nine

S1987.218
Dish with copper-red glaze, and a Xuande mark in cobalt oxide on the base
September 2, 2016March 25, 2020

Chinese Red

F1942.20a–c, F2015.2
Scenes of the 1923 Earthquake
September 1, 2016March 25, 2020

Scenes of the 1923 Earthquake

F1975.12
Woodblock print of puppies in the snow
August 26, 2016May 23, 2022

(Every Day is) Dog Day

S1987.24, S2004.3.25
August 25, 2016March 25, 2020

Word Play

S2004.2.1–21
August 19, 2016March 25, 2020

World Photography Day

Gauri Gill, S2014.16
Conservator examining Whistler's drawings
August 17, 2016March 25, 2020

A Journey into Whistler’s Drawings

F1898.171, F1898.172, James McNeill Whistler
July 29, 2016March 25, 2020

International Tiger Day

July 8, 2016March 25, 2020

The Man behind the “Mania”

July 1, 2016March 25, 2020

No Hungry Generations Tread Thee Down

F1911.163o
June 29, 2016

Artist at Work: Michael Joo

Perspectives
Flowers and a brook - Color over gold on paper
June 20, 2016May 26, 2020

Japanese Music for the Summer Solstice

June 17, 2016March 25, 2020

Happy Father’s Day!

Lithograph drawing of Walter Richard Sickert on paper
June 13, 2016March 25, 2020

Whistler’s Portraits: Ripper, Vampire, or Sickert?

F1905.108, James McNeill Whistler
Bamboo After Rain on the Xiao and Xiang Rivers
June 3, 2016March 25, 2020

Wu School: Bamboo in Rain

Wu School
June 1, 2016March 25, 2020

Word Nerd Wednesday: jinshi, juren, and jieyuan

Wu School
man standing under a red maple tree
May 19, 2016March 25, 2020

Remembering Suzhou

Wu School
May 11, 2016March 25, 2020

Word of the Day: zhiyin

Wu School
Guardian figure; Japan, Kamakura period, 1185–1333; wood (Cryptomeria japonica); Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1949.20
May 9, 2016March 25, 2020

ImaginAsia: The Lost Finger

May 6, 2016March 25, 2020

A Daylily for Mom

Wu School
May 3, 2016March 25, 2020

Gardens of Pasargadae

gardens
April 29, 2016March 25, 2020

The Cicada in China

April 25, 2016March 25, 2020

New Arrival: A Robe for Royalty

April 22, 2016March 25, 2020

Earth Day: Searching for Plum Blossoms

Earth Day, F1917.108, Wu School
Walking by a Mountain Stream
April 15, 2016March 25, 2020

Painting with Words: Gentleman Artists of the Ming Dynasty

F1911.163o, Wu School
April 14, 2016March 25, 2020

The Big Sneeze

large hanging scroll with large frog and Japanese characters
April 12, 2016March 25, 2020

The Saddest Toad

F2004.29
April 4, 2016March 25, 2020

Ancestors Day

F1916.186
March 31, 2016March 25, 2020

Arwa and Ahmed: An Interview with Two Saudi Art Stars

March 28, 2016March 25, 2020

Prints Fit for a Dig

Ernst Herzfeld, Pasargadae
Octagonal mirror with animals, flowerets, and floral scrolls
March 25, 2016March 25, 2020

Unraveling Our Objects’ Histories

provenance
March 24, 2016March 25, 2020

Elite Eight: March Sadness

March 23, 2016March 25, 2020

A Man and His Dog . . . and His Boar

Ernst Herzfeld
Spring in Mount Atago, from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo
March 21, 2016March 25, 2020

Spring Has Sprung: Japan

F1984.39, S2003.8.2577, S2003.8.623
Antenna; Ahmed Mater (Saudi Arabia, b. 1979); 2010; cold cathode lighting; Courtesy of the artist and Athr
March 18, 2016March 25, 2020

Ahmed Mater: A to Y

Saudi Arabia
Oum el Dounia; Lara Baladi (b. 1969, Beirut, Lebanon); 2000–2007; wool and cotton; courtesy the artist
March 12, 2016March 25, 2020

#5WomenArtists: Lara Baladi

Egypt, Lara Baladi, Perspectives
March 9, 2016March 25, 2020

Remembering A Memorial

Ernst Herzfeld, Pasargadae
March 2, 2016March 25, 2020

Seventeen Angry Heads

Buddhism, S1997.27, Tara, Tibet
Sunflower andirons
February 24, 2016March 25, 2020

Sunflowers in the Peacock Room

FSC-M-66a–b, Peacock Room, sunflowers, Thomas Jeckyll
February 17, 2016March 25, 2020

NYFW: Accessories through the Ages

F1907.380, F1907.690, F1911.453, F1957.3, F1990.3a-b, fashion, jewelry, New York Fashion Week, S2001.2
Portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt
February 15, 2016March 25, 2020

Thanks, Mr. President!

F1908.17a
February 12, 2016March 25, 2020

Heart of an Empire: Herzfeld’s Discovery of Pasargadae

Achaemenid period, Ernst Herzfeld, Pasargadae
February 11, 2016March 25, 2020

NYFW: Catwalk-Worthy Fashions in Our Collections

fashion
Monkeys Grasp for the Moon Sculpture
February 1, 2016March 25, 2020

Celebrate the Year of the Monkey

Chinese New Year, Family Day, Xu Bing
January 29, 2016March 25, 2020

Six Reasons to See “Sōtatsu” Before it Closes

Sotatsu: Making Waves, Tawaraya Sōtatsu
January 27, 2016March 25, 2020

The Cosmic Buddha’s New Dimensions

Cosmic Buddha
January 26, 2016March 25, 2020

Making Musical Waves

koto, S2004.3.21
painting of The Princess from the Land of Porcelain
January 22, 2016March 25, 2020

Princess: Unleashed

F1903.91a–b, James McNeill Whistler, Peacock Room
January 19, 2016March 25, 2020

Sōtatsu: Pieces of the Past

F1900.24, Tawaraya Sōtatsu
oil painting of three females
January 15, 2016March 25, 2020

A Painting That Doesn’t Exist

F1902.138, F1902.139, F1905.130, F1905.133, F1905.136, F1905.138, Filthy Lucre, James McNeill Whistler
January 14, 2016March 25, 2020

Powerballs

Egypt
January 1, 2016March 25, 2020

A Glimpse of New Year’s Gold

F1896.55, New Year, tea, tea ceremony
December 29, 2015March 25, 2020

Evolutionary: Whistler, Darwin, and the Peacock Room

James McNeill Whistler, Peacock Room
December 25, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Sugimoto’s Seascapes

Friday Fave, photography
Nocturne: Grey and Silver--Chelsea Embankment, Winter
December 22, 2015March 25, 2020

Inspired By the Dark

F1902.143a–b, James McNeill Whistler, Kobayashi Kiyochika
December 22, 2015March 25, 2020

Shadows and Light (Sabers): Star Wars Puppetry

December 17, 2015March 25, 2020

Last Chance! Peacock Room Shutters Open Today

December 11, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: The Weavers

F1913.59a–c, Friday Fave, John Singer Sargent
December 9, 2015March 25, 2020

Fish-Teeth and Friendship

jewelry, Mughal dynasty
December 8, 2015March 25, 2020

Ars Orientalis 45: Knowledge Triumphs Over Time and Space

architecture, Ars Orientalis
detail of a jade ceremonial object
December 2, 2015March 25, 2020

Shining a Light on Jades at the Freer|Sackler

F1917.28, jade
November 20, 2015March 25, 2020

A Testament to Love: Palmyra in the North of England

F1908.236, Haliphat, Palmyra
November 13, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Syrian Glass Bowl

F1933.13, Friday Fave
Freer|Sackler photographer Neil Greentree tries out Google Cardboard
November 9, 2015March 25, 2020

Enter the Peacock Room with Google Cardboard

Peacock Room
November 6, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Trees

F1962.30–31, Tawaraya Sōtatsu
October 30, 2015March 25, 2020

Halloween Help from Freer|Sackler

F2003.5.16, Halloween, masks
Detail, Waves at Matsushima; Tawaraya Sōtatsu, (act. ca. 1600–40); pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper; Freer Gallery of Art, F1906.231–232
October 23, 2015March 25, 2020

Sōtatsu Rules the Waves!

Tawaraya Sōtatsu
October 16, 2015March 25, 2020

Osumi Yukie: Master of Japanese Metalwork

Osumi Yukie
October 9, 2015March 25, 2020

Action, Anarchy, and Audacity: A Seijun Suzuki Retrospective

Seijun Suzuki
from top left, Teens in Filthy Lucre, working on the project, arriving at the Freer, with printmaker XX
October 2, 2015March 25, 2020

Teen Artist Residency: Peacock Printmaking Project

Filthy Lucre, Peacock Room
September 25, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Sunrise

Dwight William Tryon, F1915.129a–b, Friday Fave
Batman and Catwoman figurines in Sōtatsu exhibition maquette
September 18, 2015March 25, 2020

Behind the Scenes: Sōtatsu

Sotatsu: Making Waves, Tawaraya Sōtatsu
September 11, 2015March 25, 2020

Tibetan Healing Mandala

September 11
September 4, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Buddhist Stele

Buddhism, Friday Fave, S1991.157
September 2, 2015March 25, 2020

Anime and Manga Summer Camp

August 28, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Filthy Lucre

Filthy Lucre, Friday Fave, James McNeill Whistler, Peacock Room
August 21, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Silver Rosewater Bottle

F1950.5, Friday Fave, Iran, Persia
August 14, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Funerary Bust of “Miriam”

Friday Fave, S2013.2.139
August 7, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Shrine of a Perfected Being

F1997.33, Friday Fave, Jainism
August 6, 2015March 25, 2020

Vote for the Cosmic Buddha in SI’s Summer Showdown!

Buddha, Buddhism, F1923.15, Smithsonian Summer Showdown
Detail, Blue and Gold: The Rose Azalea
August 4, 2015March 25, 2020

Beyond the Instagram Filter

James McNeill Whistler
Guardian figure; Japan, Kamakura period, 1185–1333; wood (Cryptomeria japonica); Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1949.20
July 31, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Guardian Figures

F1949.21, Friday Fave
gold ewer
July 24, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Gold Ewer

F1943.1, Friday Fave
The Lute and White Snake of Benten (Sarasvati)
July 17, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Lute and White Snake

F1904.134, Friday Fave
July 10, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Hiroshige’s “Sudden Shower”

F1994.29, Friday Fave
July 9, 2015March 25, 2020

Peacock Room REMIX: Break it Down

Filthy Lucre, Peacock Room
July 3, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Court Ladies Playing with Fireworks

Friday Fave
June 26, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Brass Basin

digitization, F1955.10, Friday Fave
June 23, 2015March 25, 2020

Zooming In: Crystal Clear

June 19, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: “Sunrise: April”

digitization, F1906.79a–b, Friday Fave
June 12, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Pen Box

digitization, F1986.58, Friday Fave
June 5, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Chiharu Shiota

digitization, Friday Fave
May 29, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Chinese Bells

digitization, Friday Fave, S1987.285
May 22, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Chinese Taoist Immortals

F1902.227, Friday Fave
Monkeys Grasp for the Moon Sculpture
May 15, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Monkeys Grasp for the Moon

digitization, Friday Fave, S2004.2.1–21
May 8, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Fragment of a Glass Beaker

digitization, Egypt, F1909.604, Friday Fave
May 1, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Elephants in the Museum

digitization, Friday Fave
April 29, 2015March 25, 2020

Women in the Persian Book of Kings

Shahnama, women
April 24, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Tibetan Shrine

digitization, Friday Fave
Box for writing utensils
April 17, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Writing Box

digitization, F1904.37a–c, Friday Fave
The Gopis Search for Krishna from a Bhagavata Purana; Punjab Hills, India, ca. 1780; opaque watercolor and gold on paper; Purchase, F1930.84
April 14, 2015March 25, 2020

Mats Matter

F1930.84, paper
bronze statue of Shiva
April 10, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Shiva Nataraja

digitization, F2003.2, Open F|S
April 3, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Sunflower Andirons

Charles Lang Freer, digitization, Filthy Lucre, Friday Fave, FSC-M-66a–b, James McNeill Whistler
March 27, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Pheasants and Cherry Trees

Cherry Blossom Festival, digitization, F2006.3.1–2, Friday Fave
March 20, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Breakfast in the Loggia

digitization, F1917.182a–b, Friday Fave
March 13, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: March MADness

digitization, Friday Fave
March 6, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Nasta‘liq

calligraphy, digitization, F1931.20, F1942.15b, Friday Fave, Nowruz
Chape of a scabbard - Iron inlaid with gold
February 27, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Chape of a Scabbard

digitization, F1994.5, India, Mughal dynasty
February 20, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Vairochana, the Cosmic Buddha

digitization, F1923.15
F1931.4, Sheep and Goat 二羊圖
February 20, 2015March 25, 2020

Celebrate the Lunar New Year at Freer|Sackler

Chinese New Year, F1931.4, Family Day
February 19, 2015March 25, 2020

Grey Matters

digitization, S1997.33
February 14, 2015March 25, 2020

Valentine’s Day Cards: Be(ad) Mine?

digitization, e-cards, F1909.1462, Valentine's Day
February 13, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Tea Bowl

digitization, F1904.323, Friday Fave, gold, lacquer, repair
February 6, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Wine Horn

digitization, Friday Fave, S1987.33, Sasanian period
January 30, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: “The Lute” by Thomas Dewing

digitization, F1913.34a, Friday Fave, music
January 23, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Monkeys and Trees on a Riverbank

digitization, F1903.218–19, Friday Fave
January 16, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami

digitization, F1903.54, Friday Fave
January 9, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Director’s Choice

digitization, F1941.10, Friday Fave, Iraq, Syria
January 2, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Tigers!

digitization, F1935.21, F1935.22, Friday Fave
January 1, 2015March 25, 2020

Digitocracy!

digitization
December 15, 2014March 25, 2020

Open F|S: Digital Zero

digitization
December 4, 2014March 25, 2020

Meaning and Melody

F1942.15b, Nasta'liq, Podcasts
October 31, 2014March 25, 2020

A Matter of Life and Death

Ars Orientalis, China, F1915.110, Halloween
geometric pattern
October 7, 2014March 25, 2020

Zooming In: Tools of the Manuscript Illustrator (part two)

Islam, manuscripts
September 12, 2014March 25, 2020

Finding Fish for “Bountiful Waters”

F2002.15, Utagawa Hiroshige
August 29, 2014March 25, 2020

Why is the Smithsonian Covered in Yarn?!

Chiharu Shiota, Perspectives
August 28, 2014March 25, 2020

Larger Than Life: Restoring the Empress Dowager

Empress Dowager Cixi
August 20, 2014March 25, 2020

Remembering Collector Robert H. Ellsworth

calligraphy, F1985.30
August 14, 2014March 25, 2020

Whistler, Hiroshige, and a Fortunate Find

An American in London: Whistler and the Thames, James McNeill Whistler
August 7, 2014March 25, 2020

Whistler and the British Music Hall

F1896.76, James McNeill Whistler
July 25, 2014March 25, 2020

Can Your Tea Jar Do This?

Chigusa, tea
July 16, 2014March 25, 2020

You Ask, We Answer: Why is American art in the Freer|Sackler?

Charles Lang Freer, F1904.75a, James McNeill Whistler, Peacock Room
July 10, 2014March 25, 2020

X-Ray Visions

Egypt, F1909.506, x-radiography
June 30, 2014March 25, 2020

Meteor Spotted in Freer Gallery!

F1955.27a-b, India, Jahangir, Mughal dynasty
June 18, 2014March 25, 2020

Happy International Sushi Day!

Bountiful Waters: Aquatic Life in Japanese Art, F1995.16.10, sushi
June 17, 2014March 25, 2020

The Littlest Tea Man

ceramics, Chigusa, tea
June 16, 2014March 25, 2020

World Cup!

S1987.147, sports
May 11, 2014March 25, 2020

Mother Knows Best

FSC-GR-619, James McNeill Whistler
May 2, 2014March 25, 2020

London Calling

James McNeill Whistler
March 2, 2014March 25, 2020

And the Academy Award for Best Actor Goes To …

Anne van Biema, Edo period, S2004.3.259
February 25, 2014March 25, 2020

Happy Birthday, Charles Lang Freer!

Charles Lang Freer, Edward Steichen
February 14, 2014March 25, 2020

Valentine’s Day: Writing a Poem on a Crimson Leaf

F1917.335, Tang dynasty, Valentine's Day
February 12, 2014March 25, 2020

Whistler Gone Wilde

aestheticism, James McNeill Whistler
January 31, 2014March 25, 2020

Happy New Year of the Horse!

Chinese New Year, F1945.32, horses, Tang dynasty
January 27, 2014March 25, 2020

Yoga: A Transforming Exhibition

Yoga: The Art of Transformation
December 5, 2013March 25, 2020

In the Swim: Dolphins in Ancient Egypt

Charles Lang Freer, Ernst Herzfeld, F1909.855, FSA A.6 04.GN.3241
Kenzan style tea bowl with design of crane and flowing water
November 27, 2013March 25, 2020

Angry Birds?

Charles Lang Freer, Dewing, F1896.100, F1896.53, Japan, Sylvan Sounds
October 18, 2013March 25, 2020

Yoga: The Art of Transformation opens Saturday, October 19

Yoga: The Art of Transformation
September 11, 2013March 25, 2020

September 11, 1893

Yoga: The Art of Transformation
August 12, 2013March 25, 2020

Almost Perfect: Maud Franklin and Whistler’s Wistful Impressions

F1903.82, James McNeill Whistler
July 23, 2013March 25, 2020

Eels in July

F2008.2a-c, Meiji era
July 19, 2013March 25, 2020

On Rina Banerjee’s “A World Lost”

Perspectives
July 11, 2013March 25, 2020

Happy Birthday, Jimmy Whistler!

James McNeill Whistler, Peacock Room
July 4, 2013March 25, 2020

Fireworks!

Japan, Kobayashi Kiyochika, S2003.8.1195
July 1, 2013March 25, 2020

Danielle Probst: From Child’s Pose to Yoga Messenger

Yoga
June 28, 2013March 25, 2020

Heels Over Head: When Charles Lang Freer Met Swami Vivekananda

Yoga
June 19, 2013March 25, 2020

The Power of Koringa

S1987.905, Yoga
June 12, 2013March 25, 2020

Book Yoga: The Other Yoga Boom

Yoga
June 5, 2013March 25, 2020

Putting Our Heads Together to Make Yoga History

Yoga
June 3, 2013March 25, 2020

Transformation and the Art of Yoga

Yoga
May 24, 2013March 25, 2020

Together We’re One: Crowdfunding our Yoga Exhibition

crowdfunding, Yoga
May 17, 2013March 25, 2020

The Paper Chase: Making Japanese Books

Gerhard Pulverer Collection
May 2, 2013March 25, 2020

Charles Lang Freer: A Wild and Crazy Guy?

Freer at 90, music
April 15, 2013March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks: Archaeologists Between Digs

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan
April 5, 2013March 25, 2020

The Art of the Book

Family Day, Gerhard Pulverer Collection, graphic arts, Japan
March 28, 2013March 25, 2020

Kilnsites and Campsites in Cambodia

archaeology, Cambodia
March 8, 2013March 25, 2020

Stars above Pasargadae: Ernst Herzfeld and the Legacies of Cyrus

Cyrus Cylinder, Ernst Herzfeld, Iran
March 1, 2013March 25, 2020

Cyrus in Times Square

Cyrus Cylinder
February 22, 2013March 25, 2020

Going Green

color, F1908.275, Iran, poetry, Sufi
February 8, 2013March 25, 2020

Mei-ling Hom on Contemporary Korean Ceramics

ceramics, Mei-ling Hom
February 1, 2013March 25, 2020

Demons Out! Luck In!

Kawanabe Kyosai, S2003.8.496, Setsubun
January 31, 2013March 25, 2020

Snow in Japan

F1902.39
January 18, 2013March 25, 2020

The Search for Ancient China … Begins in New Jersey?

archaeology, collecting, Paul Singer
January 9, 2013March 25, 2020

Freer @ 90: Early Acquisitions

Charles Lang Freer, Freer at 90, James McNeill Whistler
December 24, 2012March 25, 2020

Something Fishy at the Freer House

Charles Lang Freer, Maya Foo
November 30, 2012March 25, 2020

Cai Guo-Qiang: Sky’s the Limit

Sackler 25
November 14, 2012March 25, 2020

Diwali: The Festival of Lights

Diwali, India
November 8, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks: Iron and Bronze

archaeology, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
October 31, 2012March 25, 2020

Who Ya Gonna Call? (Ghost Edition)

Halloween, Katsushika Hokusai, S2004.3.210
October 22, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks in the Field: Magneto and Magnetina

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
October 12, 2012March 25, 2020

Food for Thought: Melons, Mangoes, and Mughals

F1942.16a, Mughal dynasty, S1986.230, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran
Two white horses in motion, brown horses behind, milling about.
October 9, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks in the Field: At a Galloping Pace

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
September 28, 2012March 25, 2020

Join Us for A Tale of Two Cities: London and DC

James McNeill Whistler, Maya Foo
September 25, 2012March 25, 2020

The Art of the Proposal

F1916.101
September 21, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks in the Field: Going for the Bronze

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
White parachute tented on poles over people digging.
September 14, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks in the Field: The Parachute Edition

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
Bookcovers from a volume of the Gulshan Album (Rose Garden album)
September 14, 2012April 7, 2020

Emperors and Interns: Behind the Scenes of Worlds within Worlds

Mughal dynasty, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran
August 31, 2012April 7, 2020

Seat of Power: Politics Mughal Style

F1942.15a, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran, Yoga
August 28, 2012March 25, 2020

Traveling the “Roads of Arabia”

Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
August 21, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks in the Field: Everyday Life in the Iron Age

Claudia Chang, Iron Age, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan, Tuzusai
Woman in red and gold sari in motion.
August 17, 2012March 25, 2020

You Should Be Dancing

Bollywood, dance, Family Day, India, Sackler 25, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran
People digging in large square hole.
August 15, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks in the Field: Introducing Tuzusai

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
August 11, 2012March 25, 2020

Inspired by … India!

Bollywood, Family Day, India, Sackler 25
August 11, 2012March 25, 2020

Inspired by….Kathak Dance

dance, Family Day, India, Sackler 25, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran
August 11, 2012March 25, 2020

Inspired by…Cupcakes

India, Sackler 25, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran
Woman lighting lamp.
August 11, 2012March 25, 2020

Inspired by … Light

Family Day, India, Nirupama Rao, Sackler 25, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran
Hands drawing circles on large piece of kraft paper on the floor.
August 11, 2012March 25, 2020

Inspired by…Rangoli

Family Day, India, Rangoli, Sackler 25, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran
Lead dancer looking back at group visitors mid dance lesson.
August 11, 2012March 25, 2020

Inspired by…Bollywood!

Bollywood, Family Day, India, Sackler 25, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran
August 6, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads, Networks, and Bloggers: Live from Kazakhstan

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
July 23, 2012March 25, 2020

Encounters with the Golden Deer: Kazakhstan 101

Alexander Nagel, archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
Alex Nagel at the Smithsonian Congress of Scholars tent, Folklife Festival, July 2, 2012
July 10, 2012March 25, 2020

A Colorful Past

Alexander Nagel, Folklife Festival
July 6, 2012May 23, 2022

“Masters of Mercy: Buddha’s Amazing Disciples” Closes July 8

Masters of Mercy
July 4, 2012March 25, 2020

Fireworks Freer|Sackler Style

Kobayashi Kiyochika, S2003.8.1197
June 21, 2012March 25, 2020

Peacocks: Four Men in Three Acts

F1901.188, Frederick Richards Leyland, Google Art Project, James McNeill Whistler, Peacock Room, Thomas Jeckyll
book cover for The Peacock Room Comes to America
June 20, 2012March 25, 2020

It’s a Book: The Peacock Room Comes to America

James McNeill Whistler, Peacock Room
June 15, 2012March 25, 2020

Japan: the Apple of Steve Jobs’ Eye?

Hashiguchi Goyo, S2003.8.121
June 13, 2012March 25, 2020

Catch the Wave: Hokusai Closing this Sunday

Ann Yonemura, Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai
Open book with two images on each page.
June 8, 2012March 25, 2020

Hokusai by the Book

Charles Lang Freer, Freer|Sackler Library, Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai
June 5, 2012March 25, 2020

All Eyes on Venus

astronomy, F1954.34
Portrait of the Artist's Eldest Daughter
May 25, 2012March 25, 2020

New On View: Mary Thayer

Abbott Handerson Thayer, F1906.96a, Lee Glazer
May 17, 2012March 25, 2020

Ai Weiwei in Just Over a Minute

Ai Weiwei, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Fragments, Perspectives
May 11, 2012March 25, 2020

Cooking with Whistler’s Mother

F1898.93, James McNeill Whistler
May 8, 2012March 25, 2020

Ai Weiwei: A Model Exhibition

Ai Weiwei, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, exhibition design, Fragments
May 1, 2012March 25, 2020

You Ask, We Answer: Why is it so Dark in Here?

Ann Yonemura, Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai
April 13, 2012March 25, 2020

Animazing!

anime, Hayao Miyazaki, Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai
Mynah birds in a plum tree
April 10, 2012March 25, 2020

Honoring a “Transcendent” Contribution

F1967.18, Freer Medal, Japan Spring, John Rosenfield
April 4, 2012March 25, 2020

Grass and Honey: An Interview with Heejin Kim

Kenzan style desk screen with design of mountain retreat
April 3, 2012March 25, 2020

Eye Wonder Redux

Google Art Project, Peacock Room
March 30, 2012March 25, 2020

Hokusai: Performance Artist

Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai, Sackler 25
March 27, 2012March 25, 2020

Crying Fowl at the Freer!

James McNeill Whistler, Peacock Room, Winged Spirits: Birds in Chinese Paintings
March 24, 2012March 25, 2020

Facing East: Kabuki in Honor of Japan Spring

Bando Kotoji, Japan Spring, kabuki, Sackler 25
March 24, 2012March 25, 2020

Fuji to Go: Making Tatebanko

Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai, Sackler 25
March 24, 2012March 25, 2020

Japan Spring in the Sackler Gallery

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, cherry blossoms, Japan Spring, Sackler 25
March 24, 2012March 25, 2020

Curator Ann Yonemura on Hokusai

Ann Yonemura, cherry blossoms, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai, Sackler 25
March 24, 2012March 25, 2020

Sketching the Koto Player

cherry blossoms, Japan Spring, koto, Sackler 25
Making cherry blossom origami in the Sackler; photo by Hutomo Wicaksono
March 24, 2012March 25, 2020

Cherry Blossom Origami

cherry blossoms, Family Day, Japan Spring, Sackler 25
March 23, 2012March 25, 2020

Hokusai: Making Waves

Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Katsushika Hokusai, Sackler 25
March 20, 2012March 25, 2020

Hokusai: A Mad Man Before His Time

Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Katsushika Hokusai
March 16, 2012March 25, 2020

The Politics of Beauty

painting of woman sitting in chair holding a carnation
March 13, 2012March 25, 2020

Women on the Verge of the Twentieth Century

Abbott Handerson Thayer, Charles Lang Freer, Charles Wilmer Dewing, F1896.33a, James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Dewing, women, Women's History Month
December 2, 2011March 25, 2020

Making an Exhibition

bronze, Freer Gallery, jade
November 29, 2011March 25, 2020

Why Bento?

Freer Gallery, James McNeill Whistler
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