The contemporary Asian art program at the Freer and Sackler Galleries encourages new and provocative ways of thinking about Asian art and culture today. Whether drawing upon traditional Asian aesthetic and cultural traditions or new media concepts and practices, many Asian artists are playing a critical role in redefining our understanding of Asia and the development of global contemporary art. Since 1999, groundbreaking exhibitions and programs of contemporary Asian art at the Freer and Sackler Galleries have explored modern historical developments and current environments of social change and artistic production in the regions represented in the Galleries’ world-renowned collections and areas of scholarship.
