Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Introducing Fiona Tan at the Sackler
Contemporary artist Fiona Tan has garnered international fame for her video installations and photography, having had solo and group exhibitions staged at notable venues such as the Venice Biennale and Paris's Centre Pompidou. But starting this past weekend, the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery formal...
September 27, 2010 |
By Megan Gambino
Play on: The goSmithsonian Trek Ends July 24
Our mobile adventure goSmithsonian Trek ends this Saturday, July 24. In its short one-month run, the goSmithsonian Trek has inspired players to explore, create and interact with Smithsonian Museums like never before. Trekkers are encouraged to answer questions, write haikus and slogans and take pho...
July 19, 2010 |
By Jamie Simon
DJ Rekha Will Be Performing at Asia After Dark, July 15
Asia After Dark will be heating things up again at the Freer and Sackler Galleries on Thursday, July 15th. It’s Bhangra Night, kids, and DJ Rekha will be rocking the party that rocks the Bhangra body, spinning hip-hop-infused Indian dance rhythms designed to get your booty on the dance floor.But wh...
June 29, 2010 |
By Jeff Campagna
Weekend Events: A Guitar Festival, Go-Go Music and Buddhism
Friday, June 4: 3-Day Ibero-American Guitar FestivalSponsored in part by the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian and the Smithsonian Latino Center, the 4th annual Ibero-American Guitar Festival celebrates the musical traditions of Spain, Portugal and Latin America. Enjoy musical performances,...
June 04, 2010 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Weekend Events: American Indian Theater, Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage and Learn About Buddhism
Friday, April 31: Grandchildren of the Buffalo SoldiersGrandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers examines the culture clash between the Native American and African American communities during post-Civil War westward expansion as a young man tries to find a sense of community amid his mixed ancestry. Du...
April 30, 2010 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Weekend Events: Remembering Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Running Fence, Anime and Tea
Friday, April 2: The Running Fence RevisitedThe American Art Museum will host the premiere of a new film created especially for the current exhibition, "Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Remembering the Running Fence." This dynamic husband and wife duo are perhaps best known for their large-scale art inst...
April 02, 2010 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Weekend Events: Tibetan Buddhism and Kite Flying
Friday, March 19: Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, SaintThis film tells the story of Milarepa, a major figure in the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. In 11th century Tibet, young Milarepa is leading a privileged life. A world full of greed and betrayal upends his good fortune, compelling him to...
March 19, 2010 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Looking Back on the Art of Tibetan Leader Situ Panchen
A new exhibit at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is highlighting the work of a 18th-century Tibetan religious leader and artist, famous not only for his revival of Tibetan art styles but also for the insider's view that his writings provide modern scholars.Because most Tibetan artists of the period t...
March 18, 2010 |
By Erica R. Hendry
Events: How to Build Your Own Print Collection, Grow Wild Rice, and Know Julia Child and More!
Monday, March 15: Seasoned with SpiritEnjoy episodes of the public television series Seasoned with Spirit, and join host Loretta Barrett Oden as she visits Native communities to learn about their agricultural and culinary traditions. In Food Upon the Water, Oden participates in a wild rice harvest ...
March 15, 2010 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Weekend Events: Philosphy, Sacred Sand Art and Women of Jazz
Friday, March 12: Philosophical FridaysCome join in the first of a series of philosophical Fridays, a forum where you and your peers can discuss issues of ethics, personal identity and knowledge—Socratic style! In this inaugural session helmed by UVA professor Mitchell Green, you and your peers wil...
March 12, 2010 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Fashion Designer Anna Sui Finds Inspiration at the Freer Gallery
Smithsonian exhibits travel to museums across the country. Smithsonian scientists conduct research the world over. And Smithsonian magazine is delivered to the doorsteps of two million loyal subscribers.There’s no doubt that the Institution has a commanding presence. But Smithsonian on the runway? ...
February 24, 2010 |
By Megan Gambino
Weekend Events: John Ford, Fortune Telling and a Crash Course in Portraiture
ED. NOTE: Please be aware that, due to Smithsonian Institution Internet outages scheduled for this weekend, some of the links given below may not be functional on Saturday, November 21 and Sunday November 22. Please visit our companion site goSmithsonian.com for updates on Smithsonian events and ex...
November 20, 2009 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Muralist Uses the Sidewalk Outside the Sackler Gallery as Canvas
Michael Kirby's stained fingers pull out pastel chalk from a multicolor box. He crawls along the sidewalk, measuring and drawing lines in bright colors. He wears his father's old mechanic jumpsuit that is splotched with paint from previous projects. His tattered gloves are missing fingers, and the ...
October 26, 2009 |
By Abby Callard
Falnama's Book of Omens: The Future Will Be Bright and Sunny
When the moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with Mars. . . Now, if I was a fortune teller, I might accurately predict that dozens of readers will be humming that tune all day. Beyond that, I have no idea what the day ahead holds for any of us. But through the ages, the desire to know...
October 22, 2009 |
By Beth Py-Lieberman
Restoring Artwork to its Former Glory
With a steady hand, Xiangmei Gu wields paintbrushes and tweezers as the Smithsonian's only conservator of Chinese paintings
October 2009 |
By Abby Callard
Boogie with Asia After Dark
Sometimes I feel like the only person who’s not into those "celebrity dancing shows." And no, I don’t "think I can dance," but I’ll admit it, I'd lurrrrve me some of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew (ABDC). The amazing, hip-hop-infused moves of the competing dance crews blow my mind every time I wat...
August 26, 2009 |
By Jeff Campagna
Calligraphy Lessons at the Sackler Gallery of Art
With a steady hand, Oman calligrapher Abdullah al Waili demonstrated how to write in Arabic script to a packed room at the Sackler Gallery of Art.He and Aishah Holland, a U.S.-based calligrapher, led the ImaginAsia program about Arabic calligraphy, which will be taught again today and tomorrow at 2...
July 08, 2009 |
By Ashley Luthern
Russian Relics at Sackler, Explore More about Russia at the Smithsonian
Russia has a certain mystique with its intriguing mix of old and new, east and west. Influenced by countries in the Middle East and Europe, Russian culture varies from the extravagance of czars to the utilitarianism of dictators.This summer, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is featuring a fabulous exh...
June 25, 2009 |
By Ashley Luthern
The Battleship Potemkin – The Riches of Early Soviet Cinema Series
I was pretty psyched to get a chance to see Sergei Eisenstein’s silent film classic The Battleship Potemkin (1925) this past Friday night as part of Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries’ The Riches of Early Soviet Cinema series. Full of powerful images designed to incite revolution, The Battl...
June 09, 2009 |
By Jeff Campagna
Smithsonian Events Week of 5/11-15: Portraits, Presents, Star Trek and Sailing
Monday, May 11: Gallery Talk: June Wayne's Self PortraitIn tonight's gallery talk, National Gallery paper conservator Rosemary Fallon and Smithsonian American Art Museum curatorial associate Ann Prentice Wagner discuss June Wayne's technique in this self-portrait. While in the museum, be sure to ch...
May 11, 2009 |
By Jesse Rhodes
