Collections Archives - Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian 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

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

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, 2021April 23, 2021

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

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

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, 2019March 25, 2020

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

October 29, 2018March 25, 2020

Pocket-Sized Protectors

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

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

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

September 19, 2017March 25, 2020

The Mystery of the Missing Frame

James McNeill Whistler

August 23, 2017March 25, 2020

Indonesia Intrepid I

Indonesia

July 19, 2017March 25, 2020

Utamaro: The Musical at the Freer|Sackler

Kitagawa Utamaro

February 4, 2017March 25, 2020

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, 2017March 25, 2020

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

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

October 6, 2016July 23, 2021

Jades for Life and Death

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

September 1, 2016March 25, 2020

Scenes of the 1923 Earthquake

F1975.12

August 26, 2016May 19, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

August 4, 2015March 25, 2020

Beyond the Instagram Filter

James McNeill Whistler

July 31, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Guardian Figures

F1949.21, Friday Fave

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 2012April 28, 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

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

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

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