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2011 Press Releases

02.02.11
Patricia Buckley Ebrey to Receive 2010 Shimada Prize for Outstanding Work of East Asian Art History
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2010 Press Releases

12.06.10
The Orchid in Chinese Painting
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12.06.10
F|S Explores Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan
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11.24.10
Seasons
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11.01.10
James Cahill, Eminent Historian of Chinese Art History, to Receive Freer Medal
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10.07.10
Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes
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09.15.10
The Little Girl of Hanoi Offers Rare Cinematic View of Vietnam War
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09.15.10
"Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall" Inspires Dynamic Programming
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09.13.10
Shahnama: 1000 Years of the Persian Book of Kings
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07.28.10
Smithsonian and Singapore Present Shipwreck Treasures
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07.07.10
F|S Deputy Director Awarded Order of the Rising Sun
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07.07.10
First Major U.S. Exhibition of Contemporary Artist Fiona Tan
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06.28.10
"Chinamania" Reveals Whistler’s Love of Blue-and-White
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06.01.10
Freer Showcases "Masterpieces of Chinese Painting"
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04.27.10
Media Advisory: Media Advisory: Asia After Dark: Tibetan Twilight
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04.23.10
Taking A Deeper Look at "Surface Beauty"
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04.20.10
"Gods of Angkor": Cambodian Bronze Masterworks
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04.08.10
Sixth Annual Korean Film Festival
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03.25.10
Perspectives: Hai Bo
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03.02.10
Freer and Sackler Galleries Celebrate the National Cherry Blossom Festival
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02.25.10
In the Realm of the Buddha:
"In the Realm of the Buddha" Opening Weekend Explores the Sacred Arts of Tibetan Buddhism
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"Lama, Patron, Artist: The Great Situ Panchen" at the Sackler Gallery Unveils the Life and Art of a Remarkable 18th-Century Artist
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Sackler Gallery Presents First Public Exhibition of Rare Tibetan Shrine
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02.19.10
Freer and Sackler Galleries Celebrate the Persian New Year
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02.16.10
Media Alert: Anna Sui presents T-shirt in honor of Freer Gallery of Art's Peacock Room
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02.02.10
Freer and Sackler Galleries Launch First Web Resource of "Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy"
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01.05.10
Cornucopia: Ceramics from Southern Japan
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2009 Press Releases


11.24.09
Media Advisory: Tezuka Family Weekend
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11.19.09
Freer Gallery Presents First U.S. Exhibition on Childhood in Chinese Art
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10.27.09
Freer and Sackler Galleries Celebrate "Falnama: The Book of Omens" with Free Public Programs
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10.09.09
Media Advisory: Street painting in celebration of "Falnama: The Book of Omens"
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10.01.09
The Freer Gallery of Art Acquires Renowned Object of Japanese Tea Culture
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09.28.09
"Falnama: The Book of Omens" at the Sackler Gallery This Fall Offers First Exhibition of Rare Manuscripts
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08.31.09
The Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery Extends World Tour of "Garden and Cosmos" to Australia
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05.14.09
The Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries Hold Events to Celebrate "The Tsars and the East: Gifts from Turkey and Iran in The Moscow Kremlin"
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08.31.09
The Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery Extends World Tour of "Garden and Cosmos" to Australia
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08.04.09
"Falnama: The Book of Omens" at the Sackler Gallery This Fall Offers First Exhibition of Rare Manuscripts
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05.14.09
The Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries Hold Events to Celebrate "The Tsars and the East: Gifts from Turkey and Iran in The Moscow Kremlin"
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05.12.09
The Freer and Sackler Galleries Introduce Two Innovative Summer Programs: "Asia After Dark" and "Asia Trash"
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03.31.09
The Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries to Host Russian Dignitaries at Opening Celebration of "The Tsars and the East: Gifts from Turkey and Iran in The Moscow Kremlin"
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03.31.09
The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Presents "The Tsars and the East: Gifts from Turkey and Iran in The Moscow Kremlin" Opening May 9—First U.S. Exhibition of Rare Russian Treasures
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03.18.09
Freer and Sackler Galleries Launch Web site for World War II Provenance Project
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02.18.09
Freer and Sackler Galleries Celebrate the National Cherry Blossom Festival with Monster Tales, Anime Films and Imaginasia Workshops March 28-April 12
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02.18.09
"The Tale of Shuten Dōji" Opens at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery March 21
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01.23.09
Freer and Sackler Galleries Celebrate Persian New Year March 7
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01.14.09
Celebrate Asia in America! at the Freer and Sackler Galleries for Inauguration 2009
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2008 Press Releases


12.22.08
Blythe McCarthy Appointed Andrew W. Mellon Senior Scientist at the Freer and Sackler Galleries
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12.16.08
Freer and Sackler Galleries Launch First Online
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12.08.08
2008 Shimada Prize Winner Patricia Berger Presents "Empire of Emptiness: Buddhist Art and Political Authority in Qing China" at Freer Meyer Auditorium
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10.24.08
Gorgeous Entertainment Presents New Anime Masterpieces Film "Grave of the Fireflies" at the Freer's Meyer Auditorium
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10.15.08
"Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur"Press release
09.17.08
The Freer Gallery of Art Presents the 16th Season of the Bill and Mary Meyer Concert Series
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09.15.08
"Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur"
World Debut Oct. 11 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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08.28.08
"Moving Perspectives: Video Art from Asia" Opens Sept. 6 at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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08.05.08
Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Send Ads to Bluetooth Phones
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05.21.08
Seascapes: Tryon & Sugimoto
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04.16.08
Freer and Sackler Gala Commences the Two-Year "Celebration of India," Honoring Special Guest
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03.13.08
"Yellow Mountain: China's Ever-Changing Landscape " Opens May 31 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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03.07.08
"Perspectives: Y.Z. Kami" Opens March 15 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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02.12.08
Edo Period Paintings, Japanese Puppets and Anime Films Highlight Freer and
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02.08.08
“Muraqqa': Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Collection”
Opens May 3 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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01.17.08
"Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision" and "Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact" Open Feb. 23
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2007 Press Releases


11.06.07
"Wine, Worship and Sacrifice: The Golden Graves of Ancient Vani" Opens Dec. 1 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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10.05.07
"Patterned Feathers, Piercing Eyes: Edo Masters From the Price Collection" Opens at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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09.11.07
Freer Celebrates "Year of Rumi" October 27th with Day of Art, Music and Poetry Featuring Award Winning Poet Jane Hirshfield
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08.17.07
Karen Sasaki Appointed Head of Design, Publications, and Web and Digital Media at the Freer and Sackler Galleries
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08.08.07
Elizabeth Duley Appointed Head of Collections Management at the Freer and Sackler Galleries
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05.10.07
Sackler and Freer Shops To Feature Merchandise from Portugal, Brazil, Oman
04.17.07
Sackler Galleries to Close in Preparation for "Encompassing the Globe";
Main Entrance and Museum Store Will Remain Open
03.16.07
The Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Celebrate the 2007 National Cherry Blossom Festival
03.08.07
"Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries" Opens at the Smithsonian June 24, 2007
1.19.07
"East of Eden: Gardens in Asian Art" Opens at the Sackler Gallery Feb. 24, in Conjunction with the Cherry Blossom Festival

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2006 Press Releases


12.04.06
"Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries" Opens at the Smithsonian June 23, 2007
10.21.06
The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Presents "In The Beginning: Bibles Before The Year 1000"
09.20.06
J. Keith Wilson Is Named Associate Director and Curator of Ancient Chinese Art at the Freer and Sackler Galleries
09.07.06
Andrew M. Watsky Wins Shimada Prize for Book On History of East Asian Art
08.31.06
"Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott"
On Long-term View at the Freer Gallery of Art
07.26.06
"Perspectives: Simryn Gill" Opens Sept. 2 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
05.15.06
Meet the Authors of African Elites in India:
04.24.06
"Facing East: Portraits from Asia" Opening July 1 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
02.01.06
"Hiroshi Sugimoto: History of History" Opens April 1

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2005 Press Releases


12.05.05
"Hokusai" on View at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery March 4–May 14, 2006
11.21.05
The Sackler Gallery Honors Contemporary Turkish Designers at the Gala Opening of "Style and Status: Imperial Costumes from Ottoman Turkey"
11.19.05
"Artists of Edo: 1800–1850" Opens Nov. 19
11.04.05
"Freer and Tea: One Hundred Years of the Book of Tea" Opens Nov. 19
09.20.05
Virtue and Entertainment: Chinese Music in the Visual Arts on View at the Freer October 1, 2005–March 26, 2006
09.19.05
"Style and Status: Imperial Costumes from Ottoman Turkey" Opens at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on Oct. 29
08.16.05
"Gold: The Asian Touch" Opens Sept. 10 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
07.20.05
Installation of Clouds by Mei-ling Hom Continues the Sackler Gallery's Perspectives Series
07.14.05
"Pretty Women: Freer and the Ideal of Feminine Beauty" at the Freer Gallery
06.22.05
Exhibition of Vietnamese Ceramics from the Red River Delta Commemorates the 10th Anniversary of Normalization of Relations with Vietnam
06.15.05
Sackler Gallery to Receive Major Collection of Central Asian Textiles
06.01.05
June 22 Benefit Dinner to Celebrate the Opening of "Caravan Kingdoms: Yemen and the Ancient Incense Trade"
05.27.05
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan Makes His First Official Visit to a U.S. Museum
04.27.05
"Caravan Kingdoms: Yemen and the Ancient Incense Trade" Opens June 25 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
03.09.05
"Small Masterpieces: Whistler Paintings from the 1880s" Opens April 2 at the Freer Gallery
02.28.05
"In the Realm of Princes: The Arts of the Book in Fifteenth-Century Iran and Central Asia" Opens at the Sackler Gallery
02.02.05
"Boating on a River" at the Freer Gallery
01.13.05
"Games, Contests, and Artful Play in Japan" Showcases Freer Gallery's Japanese Paintings and Ceramics
01.10.05
"Rusticity Refined: Kyoto Ceramics by Ninsei" at the Freer Gallery March 19–October 23

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2004 Press Releases


12.16.04
The Freer and Sackler Galleries Present a Wealth of Chinese Ceramics
11.15.04
Black & White: Chinese Ceramics from the 10th–14th Centuries
11.05.04
Iraq and China: Ceramics, Trade and Innovation
10.26.04
Asian Games: The Art of Contest Opens at the Sackler Gallery
10.6.04
The Sackler Presents Modern Japanese Prints and Paintings from the Robert O. Muller Collection
8.10.04
Cai Guo-Qiang: Traveler
8.10.04
Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas
7.22.04
Art of Mughal India
7.15.04
Monkeys Find Permanent Home at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
7.14.04
The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Celebrates the Final Days and Nights of "Return of the Buddha: The Qingzhou Discoveries"
6.29.04
Asia in America: Views of Chinese Art from the Indianapolis Museum of Art
6.17.04
Whistler's Earliest Prints on View at the Freer Gallery of Art
6.15.04
Life and Leisure: Everyday Life in Japanese Art
6.01.04
The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Celebrate Summer with "Art Night on the Mall"
5.25.04
Luxury and Luminosity: Visual Culture and the Ming Court
4.08.04
Work and Commerce: Scenes of Everyday Life in Chinese Painting
4.06.04
Caliphs and Kings: The Art and Influence of Islamic Spain
3.24.04
Innovative Chinese Buddhist Sculpture Study Wins Shimada Prize from Freer and Sackler Galleries and Metropolitan Study Center of Kyoto, Japan
3.2.04
Massumeh Farhad and Ann Gunter Assume Leadership Roles at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
2.24.04
The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Celebrate the 2004 National Cherry Blossom Festival
2.18.04
Faith and Form: Selected Calligraphy and Painting from the Japanese Religious Tradition
2.10.04
Perspectives: Do-Ho Suh
1.8.04
Whistler in Paris: Lithographs from the Belle Epoque, 1891–1896

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2003 Press Releases


12.22.03
"Birds and Beasts in Japanese Art" and "The Tea Ceremony as Melting Pot"
12.09.03
Fabulous variety of Asian and Whistler-inspired wares at the Freer gallery of art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery shops
12.09.03
US and China Sign Agreement Facilitating Cultural Exchange
12.09.03
"Return of the Buddha: The Qingzhou Discoveries" An Exclusive North American presentation at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery March 20-August 8, 2004
11.12.03
James T. Ulak named Deputy Director of the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
10.01.03
"Guardians of the Law: Chinese Luohan Painting" at the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art Nov. 22 - May 23, 2004
09.21.03
"Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure," opens October 18, 2003, at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
08.20.03
"Perspectives" A Series of Exhibitions by Contemporary Artists, Showcases Re-design of the Pavilion at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
08.20.03
"Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-Garde in Victorian London"
Opens this Fall at the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art
08.20.03
"Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-Garde in Victorian London"
The Frames
08.10.03
"Love and Yearning: Mystical and Moral Themes in Persian Poetry and Painting" at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
05.21.03
Sackler Gallery Receives Unrivaled Collection of Japanese Prints from the Estate of Art Dealer and Collector Robert O. Muller
05.14.03
"Art Night on the Mall" Returns this Summer to the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
05.12.03
Whistler's Greatest Etchings: The 1889 Amsterdam Set
at the Freer Gallery of Art
04.24.03
Tales and Legends in Japanese Art at the Freer Gallery of Art
04.10.03
Tea Utensils Under Wraps at the Freer Gallery of Art
03.20.03
"The World at Our Feet: A Selection of Carpets from the Corcoran Gallery of Art" at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
03.13.03
In Pursuit of Heavenly Harmony: Paintings and Calligraphy by Bada Shanren (1626 - 1705) from the Bequest of Wang Fangyu and Sum Wai
03.07.03
Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics
at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
01.23.03
Celebrate the National Cherry Blossom Festival at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
01.06.03
Auto*Focus: Raghubir Singh's Way into India
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2002 Press Releases


11.08.02
"The Floating World Revealed" and "Tea in the Floating World"
09.25.02
The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India
08.08.02
Palaces and Pavilions: Grand Architecture in Chinese Painting
07.15.02
Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints from the Anne Van Biema Collection
04.10.02
The Adventures of Hamza
03.19.02
Smithsonian Institution Names Julian Raby Director of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
03.01.02
Silk Road Exhibitions Complement This Year's Folklife Festival Theme "The Silk Road: Connecting Cultures, Creating Trust"
03.01.02
Massive Chinese Buddhist Sculpture Installed at the Freer Gallery's South Entrance
02.27.02
Sacred Sites: Silk Road Photographs by Kenro Izu
02.15.02
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Celebrate the National Cherry Blossom Festival
02.08.02
Changing Opinions about Authenticity and Date "Chinese Buddhist Sculpture in a New Light" at the Freer Gallery of Art
02.01.02
Whistler's Nudes
01.25.02
Celebrate the Chinese New Year at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
01.22.02
Freer Gallery of Art Dedicates Concert to Longtime Friend and Benefactor the Late Katharine Graham

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2001 Press Releases


09.24.01
Visual Poetry: Paintings and Drawings from Iran
09.24.01
The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics
08.06.01
Word Play: Contemporary Art by Xu Bing
04.23.01
Whistler in Venice: The First Set of Etchings
04.09.01
Worshiping the Ancestors: Chinese Commemorative Portraits
04.09.01
Whistler Paintings at the Freer
02.14.01
The Freer and Sackler Galleries Celebrate Spring With A National Cherry Blossom Festival Sponsorship and New Exhibition
02.14.01
Folk and Urban Indian Art are Side-by-Side at the Sackler
02.09.01
Dinner for Five: Japanese Serving Dishes for Elegant Meals
01.22.01
Director James Ivory at the Freer Gallery of Art
01.17.01
Landscape and Poetry in 17th - and 18th - Century China
01.11.01
Elizabeth Moynihan Discusses Taj Mahal Gardens at the Freer Gallery of Art

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2000 Press Releases


12.27.00
Whistler books, Catalogs and Pamphlets given to the Freer and Sackler Galleries' Library
11.22.00
Changing Taste in 18th - 20th Century Indian Art
11.22.00
The Moonlight Garden Reveals New Discoveries at the Taj Mahal
11.22.00
Fairfax County Students Take a Journey to Ancient China
10.11.00
Archaeologists at Work:
The First Excavations of the Ancient Iranian Capital City of Persepolis
10.11.00
Landmark Saint Gaudens Statues See the Light of Day
10.10.00
Imaging Imperial India
10.10.00
Ceramics Galore: A Comparison of Three Asian Clay Traditions
10.10.00
From Kiln and Kitchen to Gallery: The Story of Asia's Storage Jars
07.13.00
Fountains of Light Displays a Broad Range of Glittering Inlaid Islamic Metalwork from the Nuhad Es-Said Collection

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