Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Weekend Events: Go Fly a Kite and Learn About Anime
Saturday, March 28: 43rd Annual Kite FestivalOh, let's go fly a kite, up to the highest heights! And how could you pass up an afternoon enjoying this perfect springtime hobby? This year's Smithsonian Kite Festival will be focusing on going green and the importance of natural resources. Come out and...
March 28, 2009 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Shuten Dōji Will Drink Your Blood and Eat Your Flesh
A new exhibit, at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery opens Saturday, March 21 and runs through September 20. It features hanging scrolls, folding screens and printed books telling the Shuten Dōji legend:One thousand years ago, the ogre giant Shuten Dōji lounged in his mountain castle, sipping wine a...
March 19, 2009 |
By Joseph Caputo
Smithsonian Events, 1/26-30: Michael J. Fox and Mali's Architectural Treasures
Monday, January 26: Tibetan Gifts: 10 percent off at the Freer/Sackler Shops!The Dropenling Handicraft Development Center in Tibet is a nonprofit organization that works to preserve and promote Tibetan culture and their offerings—which include clothing, toys and other handcrafts—are now 10 percent ...
January 26, 2009 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Weekend Events: It's an Inauguration Celebration!
Plan for this landmark weekend at goSmithsonian.com and Find a complete listing of the Smithsonian's Inaugural Events.Friday, January 16: Inaugural Activities: Yoko Ono's Wish TreeCelebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama as well as your hopes and dreams for the future of our country. Come by the ...
January 16, 2009 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Music of the Tropics: Balinese Drum Troupe Performs at the Sackler
Syncopated rhythms and melodic drums characterize Indonesdian "gamelan" music, the focus of today's installment in our "Around the Mall" performance videos. Gamelan differs from island to island, and the ensemble that played at the Sackler last week does Balinese gamelan. Check out the video to ...
December 19, 2008 |
By Anika Gupta
A Japanese Princess Gets Her Royal Due at the Sackler Gallery
Back in 1984, curator Ann Yonemura purchased the first-ever artifact for the Sackler Gallery of Art. It was an antique Japanese palanquin. Palanquins were used as transportation during the Tokugawa period of Japanese history, which ended in 1868. High-ranking Japanese nobility sat in the fancy c...
December 18, 2008 |
By Anika Gupta
Sackler Exhibit Spills the Secrets of Yoga
The Sackler's "Garden and Cosmos" exhibit features a series of paintings exhumed from the darkness of 17th century (and later) palaces in the Indian state of Marwar-Jodhpur. The kings of Marwar, known as Rajputs, were a hardy and ferocious tribe of warriors and traders. They were also art lovers ...
December 03, 2008 |
By Anika Gupta
What's Up at the Smithsonian This Week 11/10-16
Monday, November 10Just Opened "One Life: The Mask of Lincoln" at the National Portrait Gallery is an examination of Lincoln's use of the era's new art of photography to convey his image to Americans. Drawing on the museum's extensive collection of Lincoln portraits—an archive that charts Lincoln's...
November 10, 2008 |
By Beth Py-Lieberman
Dance of the Desert: Hindu Folk Performance Brings Raucous Rhythms to the Mall
Rajasthani folk dance jangles with contradictions. On the one side, it is wildly raucous, with musicians and dancers tearing up the desert sand with improvised rhythms. On the other, it's profoundly religious, with dancers and musicians vying to express the stories of Hindu Gods.Or maybe this isn'...
October 22, 2008 |
By Anika Gupta
Out of Time: Chinese Films Mingle Past and Present
This week, the Sackler begins its "Video Art from Asia" series with two short films by Chinese makers: Yang Fudong’s "Liu Lan" and Cao Fei and Ou Ning’s "San Yuan Li." Both films were made in 2003."Liu Lan" is a rustic love story. At the start, a man in an all-white suit meets his girlfriend by th...
September 09, 2008 |
By Anika Gupta
