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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
Close up of Ruan Lingyu in the black and white silent film The Goddess, her hand is curled near her face and she stares off screen
September 17, 2021September 17, 2021

Ruan Lingyu: The Goddess of Chinese Silent Cinema

Asian Cinema, Asian Film, Chinese Cinema, film, music, Silent Cinema, Silent Film
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
A group of four women smiling as they lean against a metal railing and look offscreen
August 1, 2021July 30, 2021

Out of Office Message

Asian Cinema, Asian Filmmakers, film, Films, Hong Kong Film Festival, Japanese cinema, Korean Cinema, Thai Cinema, Turkish Cinema
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
Grace Jan's Chinese school class performing for Lunar New Year
February 16, 2021February 16, 2021

Lunar New Year: Lessons From Chinese School

Chinese New Year, Chinese school, dance, holiday traditions, Lunar New Year, parents, performance
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
Lion dance in a crowd as viewed from a stage
February 9, 2021February 8, 2021

Lion Dancing for Lunar New Year

Chinese New Year, Lion Dance, Lion Dancing, Lunar New Year, New Year
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
Film still from "In the Future, They Ate from the Finest Porcelain", a desolate landscape with groups of military and workers digging holes in the desert
November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

Asian Futurisms and Speculative Fictions

Asian Film, film series, futurism, sci-fi, science fiction
A couple standing on a hilltop and embracing, they are silhouetted in front of an orange sun rising or setting.
September 17, 2020September 14, 2020

Take a Chance on Japan

Asian Cinema, cinema, documentaries, film, film festival, Japan, Japanese cinema, Japanese film
September 1, 2020September 2, 2020

Zooming in on the Shapur Plate

Close looking, Online Tours, tours
July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

The Art of Action: 25 Years of Hong Kong Fight Scenes

Action Films, Asian Cinema, Asian Film, Films, Hong Kong Film Festival, Virtual Film Festival
A still image from the Thai film "Uncle Boonmee". There are three figures seated at a dining table set with food. One diner faces away from the viewer. The other diner is a man with dark hair in an orange and yellow tee shirt. He is facing the third figure, at left, a ghostly apparition of a woman.
June 19, 2020

What is Thai Cinema?

Asian Cinema, Asian Film, Films, Thai Cinema, Thailand
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
A man and woman standing close together looking into the distance in the foreground. The man holds an open fan at the waist.
May 20, 2020

Korean Cinema: Before the Wave

Asian Cinema, Films, Korean Film, Korean Film Festival DC, Virtual Film Festival
May 1, 2020May 1, 2020

Korean Cinema: The Golden Age

Arash Moradi and Xanthe Greshem
April 27, 2020April 27, 2020

Performance Storytelling in the Spirit of Celebrating Women

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020

Movies in the Spirit of the Cherry Blossoms

assortment of food dishes
February 18, 2019March 25, 2020

Lunar New Year: Then and Now

China, Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year
bowl of tteokguk (rice cake soup) on pastel-colored placemat and wooden spoon and chopsticks
February 11, 2019March 25, 2020

Lunar New Year: Your Birthday Too

Korea, Lunar New Year
table setting for Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year)
February 5, 2019March 25, 2020

Lunar New Year: Celebrating Seollal

Korea, Lunar New Year
a horse chariot carrying three figures
November 15, 2018March 25, 2020

The Epic that Inspired Diwali

setting with buddha statues and many candles
May 14, 2018March 25, 2020

Capturing Buddhist Practice around DC

Buddhism, Family Day
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
A man leans over, playing the drums, a woman stands behind him.
April 2, 2018March 25, 2020

Japan, Jazz, and Movies at the Freer|Sackler in April

A Haft sin table at the Freer|Sackler's annual Nowruz celebration
March 9, 2018March 25, 2020

Celebrating the Persian New Year

Nowruz
Film still, "Angels Wear White"
March 8, 2018March 25, 2020

Women at the Helm

Women's History Month
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
Once Upon A Time, Cinema
February 21, 2018March 25, 2020

Iran Inside and Out: Final Weekend

Iranian Film Festival, The Prince and the Shah
a crowd watches A Perfect Harmony performance at the Illuminasia festival in October 2017
January 1, 2018May 18, 2018

Happy New Year!

square detail from A Perfect Harmony rendering
October 6, 2017March 25, 2020

Behind the Scenes: A Perfect Harmony

two reflections of man in mirror.
September 11, 2017March 25, 2020

A Look Back at the 2017 Hong Kong Film Festival

F2006.7
July 31, 2017December 18, 2020

ImaginAsia: Celebrating Stories from the Persian Book of Kings

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

Utamaro: The Musical at the Freer|Sackler

Kitagawa Utamaro
Kayhan Kalhor
April 21, 2017March 25, 2020

Music from the Muslim World at the Freer|Sackler

March 15, 2017March 25, 2020

Teaching about World Religions

The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
February 20, 2017March 25, 2020

The Art of the Qur’an: Last Day

The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
February 19, 2017March 25, 2020

The Art of the Qur’an: One Day Left

The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
February 18, 2017March 25, 2020

The Art of the Qur’an: Two Days Left

The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
February 17, 2017March 25, 2020

The Art of the Qur’an: Three Days Left

The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
February 16, 2017March 25, 2020

The Art of the Qur’an: Four Days Left

The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
February 15, 2017March 25, 2020

The Art of the Qur’an: Five Days Left

The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
February 14, 2017March 25, 2020

The Art of the Qur’an: Six Days Left

The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
February 13, 2017March 25, 2020

The Art of the Qur’an: Seven Days Left

The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Chinese New Year performance
February 4, 2017May 23, 2022

Chinese New Year: Celebrating with Food and Art

Chinese New Year, Family Day
Still from "The Salesman"
February 3, 2017March 25, 2020

“The Salesman” Makes Headlines

Iranian Film Festival
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
January 13, 2017March 25, 2020

Visitors Respond to the Art of the Qur’an

The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
November 10, 2016March 25, 2020

Crash Course in Contemporary Chinese Film

shadow puppet play - wayang
November 8, 2016March 25, 2020

Performing Indonesia: Sumarsam

Performing Indonesia
Indonesian reciter Maria Ulfah
November 4, 2016March 25, 2020

The Art of Qur’anic Recitation

Performing Indonesia
This year's Performing Indonesia festival includes a shadow puppet play on November 10.
November 2, 2016March 25, 2020

Performing Indonesia: Ismunandar

Performing Indonesia
November 1, 2016March 25, 2020

A Monumental Qur’an

The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
October 21, 2016March 25, 2020

Secretary Skorton on “The Art of the Qur’an”

The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
October 20, 2016March 25, 2020

Performing Indonesia: Music from Sulawesi and West Java

Performing Indonesia
Adrian having fun trying on conservator’s gear at our first workshop in May 2016.
September 28, 2016March 25, 2020

Art & Me: Conservators in Training

Fab's boombox at the National Museum of American History
September 23, 2016March 25, 2020

Welcoming NMAAHC with “Kung Fu Wildstyle”

Meeta Fauzan - fashion show runway photo
September 22, 2016March 25, 2020

High Fashion for Muslim Wear

Performing Indonesia
Andy McGraw plays the kendang drum with Gamelan Raga Kusuma, one of the ensembles that will perform on September 22.
September 20, 2016March 25, 2020

Performing Indonesia: Andy McGraw, musician and teacher

Performing Indonesia
The House of Angklung
September 6, 2016March 25, 2020

Performing Indonesia: Tickets On Sale!

Performing Indonesia
Bobby Samuels appears at the grand finale of our Made in Hong Kong Film Festival.
August 5, 2016March 25, 2020

Old-School Kung Fu

August 1, 2016July 31, 2020

Memories of Mecca and Medina

Ahmed Mater
July 20, 2016March 25, 2020

Q&A: The Silk Road Society

Silk Road Society
July 13, 2016March 25, 2020

Heart “Happiness” to Win!

Still from "My Young Auntie"
July 12, 2016March 25, 2020

Kicking off Made in Hong Kong

July 8, 2016March 25, 2020

The Man behind the “Mania”

mountain scene
July 5, 2016March 25, 2020

Forever Kiarostami

June 29, 2016

Artist at Work: Michael Joo

Perspectives
Flowers in the lobby of the Sackler
June 22, 2016March 25, 2020

Blooming Art

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

Japanese Music for the Summer Solstice

June 8, 2016March 25, 2020

World Oceans Day: Songs of Travel

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 22, 2016March 25, 2020

Earth Day: Searching for Plum Blossoms

Earth Day, F1917.108, Wu School
April 21, 2016October 11, 2017

Wu Man Comes to Washington

Walking by a Mountain Stream
April 15, 2016March 25, 2020

Painting with Words: Gentleman Artists of the Ming Dynasty

F1911.163o, Wu School
March 28, 2016March 25, 2020

Prints Fit for a Dig

Ernst Herzfeld, Pasargadae
March 23, 2016March 25, 2020

A Man and His Dog . . . and His Boar

Ernst Herzfeld
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
March 16, 2016March 25, 2020

Environmental Film Festival: From the Tundra to the Future

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 3, 2016March 25, 2020

A New Day: Celebrating Nowruz

Nowruz
detail of woodblock print of woman and child
February 10, 2016March 25, 2020

Art and Hearts for Valentine’s Day

Valentine's Day
Monir screens Saturday afternoon at the National Gallery of Art.
February 9, 2016March 25, 2020

Iranian Film Festival: Grand Finale

Iranian Film Festival
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 28, 2016March 25, 2020

A Tour de Force of Iranian Cinema

January 26, 2016March 25, 2020

Making Musical Waves

koto, S2004.3.21
January 13, 2016March 25, 2020

Freer, Marlboro, and the Library of Congress: A Musical History

Meyer Auditorium
still from The President
January 8, 2016March 25, 2020

Reseeing Iran: Our 20th Iranian Film Festival

Iran, Iranian Film Festival
January 6, 2016March 25, 2020

A Fine Send-off for the Freer

Freer Gallery, renovation
December 18, 2015March 25, 2020

Sending off Suzuki with “Pistol” and “Princess”

Seijun Suzuki
December 9, 2015March 25, 2020

Fish-Teeth and Friendship

jewelry, Mughal dynasty
October 29, 2015March 25, 2020

JACK Quartet and Lightbulb: Indonesian Music with a Twist

gamelan, Indonesia
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 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 17, 2015March 25, 2020

Close Up: Turkish Filmmaker Ҫağan Irmak

September 2, 2015March 25, 2020

Anime and Manga Summer Camp

August 26, 2015March 25, 2020

Museum TLC: Sound Advice

Asia After Dark
The Lute and White Snake of Benten (Sarasvati)
July 17, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Lute and White Snake

F1904.134, Friday Fave
July 17, 2015March 25, 2020

Twenty Years of the Hong Kong Film Festival

Hong Kong Film Festival
April 9, 2015March 25, 2020

The Traveler’s Pen

Traveler's Eye: Scenes of Asia
March 6, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Nasta‘liq

calligraphy, digitization, F1931.20, F1942.15b, Friday Fave, Nowruz
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 11, 2015March 25, 2020

Discovering Georgian Cinema

Georgia
Tarek Yamani performing at the Freer Gallery of Art
January 27, 2015March 25, 2020

Arab Jazz: An Interview with Tarek Yamani

December 4, 2014March 25, 2020

Meaning and Melody

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

Journey to the West: A 400-Year-Old Tale

Hong Kong Film Festival
August 7, 2014March 25, 2020

Whistler and the British Music Hall

F1896.76, James McNeill Whistler
July 24, 2014March 25, 2020

Hong Kong Films: The Vampire Strikes Back

Hong Kong Film Festival
June 17, 2014March 25, 2020

The Littlest Tea Man

ceramics, Chigusa, tea
June 12, 2014March 25, 2020

Music in the Time of Kiyochika

Japan, Kobayashi Kiyochika
Ariana, age 11, created a beautiful night scene inspired by the art of Kiyochika
April 18, 2014March 25, 2020

Night Light

April 11, 2014October 11, 2017

Thunder on the Mall: Cherry Blossom Edition

cherry blossoms, Japan Spring
March 8, 2014March 25, 2020

Xanthe Gresham: Telling Tales from the Shahnama

Nowruz
March 7, 2014March 25, 2020

“The Bad Sleep Well”: How “Hamlet” Is It?

Akira Kurosawa, Shakespeare
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
November 8, 2013March 25, 2020

Abbas Kiarostami’s Landscapes in Motion

Abbas Kiarostami, S1999.124, Sense of Place: Landscape Photographs from Asia
September 19, 2013March 25, 2020

Readers and Movie Lovers: You Have Homework

Japan, Pages of Beauty and Madness
September 9, 2013March 25, 2020

The Clay’s the Thing: Claymation at ImaginAsia

August 15, 2013March 25, 2020

Asia After Dark in 3D

3D, Asia After Dark, Cosmic Buddha
August 1, 2013March 25, 2020

Remembering Leslie Cheung

Hong Kong Film Festival
Working on the installation of Rina Banerjee's A World Lost in the Sackler pavilion
July 26, 2013March 25, 2020

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

Rina Banerjee
June 21, 2013March 25, 2020

Drawing After Dark

Asia After Dark, Korea
June 19, 2013March 25, 2020

The Power of Koringa

S1987.905, Yoga
June 13, 2013March 25, 2020

Pang Ho-Cheung Brings it All Back Home

Hong Kong Film Festival
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 17, 2013March 25, 2020

The Paper Chase: Making Japanese Books

Gerhard Pulverer Collection
April 15, 2013March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks: Archaeologists Between Digs

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan
April 12, 2013March 25, 2020

Hiaaaaa! Drumroll, Please!

Cherry Blossom Festival, Japan
April 5, 2013March 25, 2020

The Art of the Book

Family Day, Gerhard Pulverer Collection, graphic arts, Japan
April 5, 2013March 25, 2020

Celebrating Nowruz in Cities Ancient and Modern

Babylon, Nowruz, Persepolis, Persia
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Rustam rescues Bijan from the pit; recto: text
April 2, 2013March 25, 2020

Inspired by Storytelling

Nowruz, S1986.267, Shahnama
March 22, 2013March 25, 2020

Jiseul Shines Light on a Dark Past

Environmental Film Festival, Korea
March 19, 2013March 25, 2020

Kim Ki-duk Comes Down from the Mountain

Korea
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
Making a Valentine's Day card in the Imaginasia classroom.
February 14, 2013March 25, 2020

The Language(s) of Love

Valentine's Day
February 8, 2013March 25, 2020

Mei-ling Hom on Contemporary Korean Ceramics

ceramics, Mei-ling Hom
January 18, 2013March 25, 2020

The Search for Ancient China … Begins in New Jersey?

archaeology, collecting, Paul Singer
December 19, 2012March 25, 2020

Nudes! Guns! Ghosts! Shintoho Films at the Freer

Japan, Shintoho
Children with volunteers digging in sand.
November 23, 2012March 25, 2020

Roads of Arabia Family Day: Dig In!

archaeology, calligraphy, Family Day, Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, storytelling
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 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
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
Close up of DJ Spooky holding microphone - in pink light.
September 29, 2012March 25, 2020

DJ Spooky at Asia After Dark

Asia After Dark, DJ Spooky
September 29, 2012March 25, 2020

Getting the Party Started

Asia After Dark
Two women sitting at a table, decorating frames.
September 29, 2012March 25, 2020

Drum Kit

Asia After Dark
two men in group of guests, looking at paper schedule.
September 29, 2012March 25, 2020

Asia After Dark: Night at the Museum

Asia After Dark
September 28, 2012March 25, 2020

Asia After Dark Begins at 7pm tonight!

Asia After Dark, DJ Spooky
September 28, 2012March 25, 2020

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

James McNeill Whistler, Maya Foo
September 27, 2012March 25, 2020

Remixing the Museum: An Interview with DJ Spooky

Anna May Wong, Asia After Dark, DJ Spooky
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
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
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
August 1, 2012March 25, 2020

Tom Vick in Korea: Now it Gets Interesting…

Korea, Tom Vick
July 27, 2012March 25, 2020

Curator of Film Tom Vick: Korea in Five Scenes

Gyeongju, Hanna Lee, Korea, Lee Chang-dong
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
July 13, 2012March 25, 2020

On Orhan Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence

Exhibiting Asia, Orhan Pamuk, Turkey
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
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 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 7, 2012March 25, 2020

Asia After Dark: Afro-Asiatic Mash-up

Asia After Dark, Iona Rozeal Brown, Monstah Black
May 30, 2012March 25, 2020

Religion in the Gallery: A First-person Perspective

Exhibiting Asia, Sackler 25
A weeping cherry tree in full bloom in the Sackler's Moongate garden.
May 24, 2012March 25, 2020

Garden to Go: Strolling through the Seasons with ImaginAsia

Japan Spring, Smithsonian Gardens
Person in purple and gold robes wth right hand in the air.
May 4, 2012March 25, 2020

Monks at an Exhibition

Buddhism, Japan Spring, Masters of Mercy, Sackler 25
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 24, 2012March 25, 2020

Kimchi, Drinks, and a Movie

Korea, Na Hong-jin
April 17, 2012March 25, 2020

Squeezing is Believing

Ernst Herzfeld, Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran, Persepolis
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

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

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
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
Celebrating Holi in India with F|S photographer Neil Greentree
March 9, 2012March 25, 2020

In the Pink, or Holi: the Hindu Festival of Color

Garden and Cosmos, Hinduism, Holi
March 6, 2012March 25, 2020

Happy Nowruz!

Nowruz
Storyteller Xanthe Gresham
March 2, 2012March 25, 2020

Xanthe Gresham and the Art of Storytelling

Nowruz, storytelling, Xanthe Gresham
February 28, 2012March 25, 2020

Azar Nafisi: My Father’s Shahnameh

Nowruz
February 17, 2012March 25, 2020

They Came, They Saw, They Slurped: Noodles and a Movie at the Freer

Ang Lee, Chinese New Year, Hou Chun-sheng, Taiwan
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