Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Saturday, May 25, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, May 25, 2013, 1:15 PM.
CANCELED: Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
This tour has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, May 26, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, May 26, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Sunday, May 26, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, May 30, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, May 30, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Thursday, May 30, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, May 31, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, May 31, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Friday, May 31, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Saturday, June 1, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, June 1, 2013, 1:15 PM.
ImaginAsia: Beautifully Bound
Kids and Family
Learn about the exhibition Hand-Held: The Gerhard Pulverer Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books with help from an activity guide. Then, create your own Japanese book. Choose copies of folios from the Pulverer collection that feature scenes of springtime and cherry blossoms. Use elegant handmade papers for your cover and tanzaku slips for your title, and then bind them together with a traditional Japanese sewing technique.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: One Man's Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection.
Saturday, June 1, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Sunday, June 2, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, June 2, 2013, 1:15 PM.
ImaginAsia: Beautifully Bound
Kids and Family
Learn about the exhibition Hand-Held: The Gerhard Pulverer Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books with help from an activity guide. Then, create your own Japanese book. Choose copies of folios from the Pulverer collection that feature scenes of springtime and cherry blossoms. Use elegant handmade papers for your cover and tanzaku slips for your title, and then bind them together with a traditional Japanese sewing technique.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: One Man's Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection.
Sunday, June 2, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Monday, June 3, 2013, 11:15 AM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, June 3, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, June 3, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Monday, June 3, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Thursday, June 6, 2013, 11:15 AM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, June 6, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, June 6, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, June 6, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Thursday, June 6, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, June 7, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, June 7, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Friday, June 7, 2013, 2:15 PM.
The Bullet Vanishes
Films
In this moody mystery, set in the 1920s, a munitions factory worker accused of stealing a box of bullets dies in a game of Russian roulette that was rigged by her corrupt boss. Soon afterward, a murder occurs at the factory and the bullet mysteriously disappears from the scene. The workers believe their dead colleague’s ghost is seeking revenge, and the police hire obsessive investigator Donglu (Lau Ching-wan) and his sharpshooting partner Guo Zhi (Nicholas Tse) to solve the case.
Screen Daily’s Edmund Lee calls The Bullet Vanishes Law Chi-leung’s “best film to date … a sumptuously realized detective mystery that merges Holmesian deductions with shootouts, explosions and action sequences.” Featuring charismatic performances from Lau and Tse, this smart blockbuster trusts its audience to follow the plot’s surprising twists and turns. Supplied by China Lion Distribution, Inc. (Dir.: Law Chi-leung, Hong Kong/China, 2012, 108 min. Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles, D-Cinema).
Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, June 7, 2013, 7:00 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Saturday, June 8, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, June 8, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Asia After Dark: Korea Seoul Train
In association with the Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC
The 2013 Asia After Dark season kicks off with a night aboard the Korean pop-culture soul train. Stops include K-Bling art activities inspired by Korean ceramics, a dress-up photo booth, an exploration station of our new "Collecting Korea" iPad app, and K-wave music and visuals. Here from Korea for one night only, Action Drawing HERO performs a mash-up of drawing, painting, and visual effects, with a witty blend of mime, dance, and comedy. Soju cocktails, Korean beer, and traditional snacks are available for purchase.
Suggested attire: Bringing back "Gangnam Style" and "Soul Train" disco fashion
Program highlights
Photo booth with Korean costumes and props , K-pop music by music by DJ Asu Rock , K-Bling accessory-making , "Help Grow the Moment" and create a digital mosaic , "Collecting Korea" iPad app exploration station , Tour led by Louise Cort, curator of ceramics , Live performances by Korean group Action Drawing HERO , …
Categories: After Five. Celebrations. Culinary Arts. Demonstrations. Gallery Talks & Tours. Performances. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Freer. Cost: Tickets (on sale May 8): $25 Advance | $30 Door
Silk Road Society: $15 Advance | $20 Door
Ticket includes one free drink. Related Exhibition: Cranes and Clouds: The Korean Art of Ceramic Inlay.
Saturday, June 8, 2013, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, June 9, 2013, 11:15 AM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Sunday, June 9, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, June 9, 2013, 1:15 PM.
The Bullet Vanishes
Films
In this moody mystery, set in the 1920s, a munitions factory worker accused of stealing a box of bullets dies in a game of Russian roulette that was rigged by her corrupt boss. Soon afterward, a murder occurs at the factory and the bullet mysteriously disappears from the scene. The workers believe their dead colleague’s ghost is seeking revenge, and the police hire obsessive investigator Donglu (Lau Ching-wan) and his sharpshooting partner Guo Zhi (Nicholas Tse) to solve the case.
Screen Daily’s Edmund Lee calls The Bullet Vanishes Law Chi-leung’s “best film to date … a sumptuously realized detective mystery that merges Holmesian deductions with shootouts, explosions and action sequences.” Featuring charismatic performances from Lau and Tse, this smart blockbuster trusts its audience to follow the plot’s surprising twists and turns. Supplied by China Lion Distribution, Inc. (Dir.: Law Chi-leung, Hong Kong/China, 2012, 108 min. Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles, D-Cinema).
Categories: Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, June 9, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, June 10, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, June 10, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Monday, June 10, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, June 13, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, June 13, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Thursday, June 13, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, June 14, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, June 14, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Friday, June 14, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Vulgaria
Films
View the trailer.
Director Pang Ho-Cheung (Love in the Buff; Dreamhome) is behind this spectacularly raunchy send-up of the Hong Kong film industry. It stars funnyman Chapman To as a movie producer desperate to score a hit. Along the way, he secures backing from a crazed mainland gangster—but only after enduring a dinner of local "delicacies," including a family of fried mice, and agreeing to commit an unspeakable act with a mule. He then finds out firsthand why his starlet is named Popping Candy. Cantonese speakers will especially enjoy the rapid-fire obscene wordplay and playful jokes on the cultural differences between mainlanders and Hong Kongers, but the film’s atmosphere of good-humored dirty fun has universal appeal. Intended for mature audiences. Supplied by China Lion Distribution, Inc. (Dir.: Pang Ho-Cheung, Hong Kong, 2012, 92 min. Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles, D-Cinema).
Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, June 14, 2013, 7:00 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 1:15 PM.
ImaginAsia: Children's Toys?
Kids and Family
In One Man’s Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection, use an activity guide to explore the exhibition. Discover mysterious miniature objects created in China hundreds of years ago. In the classroom, make your own miniature clay person, animal, or object to take home.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: One Man's Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection.
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, June 16, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, June 16, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Vulgaria
Films
View the trailer.
Director Pang Ho-Cheung (Love in the Buff; Dreamhome) is behind this spectacularly raunchy send-up of the Hong Kong film industry. It stars funnyman Chapman To as a movie producer desperate to score a hit. Along the way, he secures backing from a crazed mainland gangster—but only after enduring a dinner of local "delicacies," including a family of fried mice, and agreeing to commit an unspeakable act with a mule. He then finds out firsthand why his starlet is named Popping Candy. Cantonese speakers will especially enjoy the rapid-fire obscene wordplay and playful jokes on the cultural differences between mainlanders and Hong Kongers, but the film’s atmosphere of good-humored dirty fun has universal appeal. Intended for mature audiences. Supplied by China Lion Distribution, Inc. (Dir.: Pang Ho-Cheung, Hong Kong, 2012, 92 min. Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles, D-Cinema).
Categories: Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, June 16, 2013, 2:00 PM.
ImaginAsia: Children's Toys?
Kids and Family
In One Man’s Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection, use an activity guide to explore the exhibition. Discover mysterious miniature objects created in China hundreds of years ago. In the classroom, make your own miniature clay person, animal, or object to take home.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: One Man's Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection.
Sunday, June 16, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Sunday, June 16, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, June 17, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, June 17, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Monday, June 17, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Peacock Room Shutters Open
See the Peacock Room in a whole new light! When the shutters of Whistler’s “harmony in blue and gold” are open, a flood of natural light turns the Peacock Room into a glowing jewel of blue, green, and gold tones. Details, colors, and textures are revealed in the sunlight—and a special filtering film on the windows minimizes fading.
The shutters are open from noon to 5:30 pm every third Thursday of the month into spring 2013. On those days, docents are in the Peacock Room to answer questions (12–2 pm), and starting at 2:15, they lead a tour of Whistler’s works on view in the Freer Gallery.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Peacock Room. Continues: Every third Thursday. Related Exhibition: The Peacock Room Comes to America.
Thursday, June 20, 2013, 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Spotlight: Peacock Room
Tours
As an alternative to a tour, drop in during this hour-long block to have an informal conversation with a docent about the exhibition.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Peacock Room. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: The Peacock Room Comes to America.
Thursday, June 20, 2013, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, June 20, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, June 20, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Thursday, June 20, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Tour: Whistler and the Peacock Room
Tours
Hear the story of James McNeill Whistler's controversial decoration of the Peacock Room, originally in the London home of shipping magnate Frederick R. Leyland. Explore other works by Whistler in the Freer's American art galleries, and find out how he influenced Charles Lang Freer's aesthetic sensibility.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Peacock Room. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: The Peacock Room Comes to America.
Thursday, June 20, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, June 21, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, June 21, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Friday, June 21, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Motorway
Films
A rubber-burning car chase movie, Motorway stars Shawn Yue as Sean, a hotshot rookie cop. He’s a member of the Stealth Riders, a secret police unit in charge of hunting down illegal auto racers and fugitives on the run. After nabbing a legendary getaway driver—only to have him escape from prison—Sean enlists soon-to-retire veteran Lo (Anthony Wong) to teach him some new driving tricks. Given both the Best Picture and Best Director awards by the Hong Kong Film Critics Association, this thrilling cat-and-mouse caper from Soi Cheang (Accident) is at once a tribute to American car-chase movies of the 1970s and a throwback to the glory days of Hong Kong action flicks. As Christopher Huber raves in Cinema Scope, "Motorway is part of a nearly lost art: a world and its inhabitants expressed almost exclusively through action." Supplied by Media Asia Distribution. (Dir.: Soi Cheang, Hong Kong, 2012, 90 min. Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles).
Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, June 21, 2013, 7:00 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Saturday, June 22, 2013, 12:15 PM.
The Art of Japanese “Pouch-books”
Workshops
Explore the artistry behind the vast array of books on view in Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer’s Japanese Illustrated Books. Then make your own “pouch-book,” a common format used for novels, romances, and humorous works during the Edo period, with artists from Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Create a cover for your book inspired by images in the exhibition. Also enjoy Japanese refreshments. No experience necessary.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Materials fee: $15. Register online. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer’s Japanese Illustrated Books.
Saturday, June 22, 2013, 1:00 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, June 22, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Sunday, June 23, 2013, 12:15 PM.
The Art of Japanese “Pouch-books”
Workshops
Explore the artistry behind the vast array of books on view in Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer’s Japanese Illustrated Books. Then make your own “pouch-book,” a common format used for novels, romances, and humorous works during the Edo period, with artists from Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Create a cover for your book inspired by images in the exhibition. Also enjoy Japanese refreshments. No experience necessary.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Materials fee: $15. Register online. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer’s Japanese Illustrated Books.
Sunday, June 23, 2013, 1:00 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, June 23, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Motorway
Films
A rubber-burning car chase movie, Motorway stars Shawn Yue as Sean, a hotshot rookie cop. He’s a member of the Stealth Riders, a secret police unit in charge of hunting down illegal auto racers and fugitives on the run. After nabbing a legendary getaway driver—only to have him escape from prison—Sean enlists soon-to-retire veteran Lo (Anthony Wong) to teach him some new driving tricks. Given both the Best Picture and Best Director awards by the Hong Kong Film Critics Association, this thrilling cat-and-mouse caper from Soi Cheang (Accident) is at once a tribute to American car-chase movies of the 1970s and a throwback to the glory days of Hong Kong action flicks. As Christopher Huber raves in Cinema Scope, “Motorway is part of a nearly lost art: a world and its inhabitants expressed almost exclusively through action.” Supplied by Media Asia Distribution. (Dir.: Soi Cheang, Hong Kong, 2012, 90 min. Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles).
Categories: Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, June 23, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, June 24, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, June 24, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Monday, June 24, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, June 27, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, June 27, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Thursday, June 27, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, June 28, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, June 28, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Friday, June 28, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Cold War
Films
Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Ka Fai head up an all-star cast in this blockbuster thriller from first-time directors Leung Longman and Sunny Lok. The kidnapping of five officers right under the nose of the police department’s surveillance system sets off a search for a mole and a power struggle between Kwok and Leung, who play the codirectors of Police Affairs. Balancing a clever, twist-filled plot, exciting action scenes, and surprising psychological depth, Cold War provides the kind of rich entertainment Hong Kong movies are famous for. Supplied by Edko Films Ltd. (Dirs.: Leung Longman and Sunny Lok, Hong Kong, 2012, 102 min. Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles).
Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, June 28, 2013, 7:00 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Saturday, June 29, 2013, 12:15 PM.
The Art of Japanese “Pouch-books”
Workshops
Explore the artistry behind the vast array of books on view in Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer’s Japanese Illustrated Books. Then make your own “pouch-book,” a common format used for novels, romances, and humorous works during the Edo period, with artists from Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Create a cover for your book inspired by images in the exhibition. Also enjoy Japanese refreshments. No experience necessary.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Materials fee: $15. Register online. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer’s Japanese Illustrated Books.
Saturday, June 29, 2013, 1:00 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, June 29, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Sunday, June 30, 2013, 12:15 PM.
The Art of Japanese “Pouch-books”
Workshops
Explore the artistry behind the vast array of books on view in Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer’s Japanese Illustrated Books. Then make your own “pouch-book,” a common format used for novels, romances, and humorous works during the Edo period, with artists from Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Create a cover for your book inspired by images in the exhibition. Also enjoy Japanese refreshments. No experience necessary.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Materials fee: $15. Register online. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer’s Japanese Illustrated Books.
Sunday, June 30, 2013, 1:00 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped the collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, June 30, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Cold War
Films
Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Ka Fai head up an all-star cast in this blockbuster thriller from first-time directors Leung Longman and Sunny Lok. The kidnapping of five officers right under the nose of the police department’s surveillance system sets off a search for a mole and a power struggle between Kwok and Leung, who play the codirectors of Police Affairs. Balancing a clever, twist-filled plot, exciting action scenes, and surprising psychological depth, Cold War provides the kind of rich entertainment Hong Kong movies are famous for. Supplied by Edko Films Ltd. (Dirs.: Leung Longman and Sunny Lok, Hong Kong, 2012, 102 min. Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles).
Categories: Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, June 30, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, July 1, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, July 1, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Monday, July 1, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 5, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 5, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Friday, July 5, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Saturday, July 6, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 6, 2013, 1:15 PM.
ImaginAsia: Children's Toys?
Kids and Family
In One Man’s Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection, use an activity guide to explore the exhibition. Discover mysterious miniature objects created in China hundreds of years ago. In the classroom, make your own miniature clay person, animal, or object to take home.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: One Man's Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection.
Saturday, July 6, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Sunday, July 7, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, July 7, 2013, 1:15 PM.
ImaginAsia: Children's Toys?
Kids and Family
In One Man’s Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection, use an activity guide to explore the exhibition. Discover mysterious miniature objects created in China hundreds of years ago. In the classroom, make your own miniature clay person, animal, or object to take home.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: One Man's Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection.
Sunday, July 7, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, July 8, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, July 8, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Monday, July 8, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, July 11, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, July 11, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Thursday, July 11, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 12, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 12, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Friday, July 12, 2013, 2:15 PM.
A Better Tomorrow
Films
Watch the trailer.
“The defining urban thriller of 80s Hong Kong cinema” (Chuck Stephens, Sex and Zen & A Bullet in the Head), A Better Tomorrow confirmed director John Woo’s place as both a master and an innovator. Enriching familiar genre tropes with stylish camerawork, wrenching melodrama, and the balletic action scenes (including its famous restaurant shootout) that are his forte, Woo established the template for the Hong Kong action movies that would later take the world by storm. The film features Leslie Cheung as a cop torn between duty and familial obligation to his gangster brother. As a counterpoint to Cheung’s soulful performance, Chow Yun-fat’s charismatic turn as a swaggering, trench-coated assassin helped turn him into an international icon. One of the Hong Kong Film Archives’ “100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies.” Print courtesy of the Hong Kong Film Archive, Leisure and Cultural Services Department. (Dir.: John Woo, Hong Kong, 1986, 95 min. Cantonese with English and Chinese subtitles).
Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 12, 2013, 7:00 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Saturday, July 13, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 13, 2013, 1:15 PM.
ImaginAsia: Beautifully Bound
Kids and Family
Learn about the exhibition Hand-Held: The Gerhard Pulverer Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books with help from an activity guide. Then, create your own Japanese book. Choose copies of folios from the Pulverer collection that feature scenes of springtime and cherry blossoms. Use elegant handmade papers for your cover and tanzaku slips for your title, and then bind them together with a traditional Japanese sewing technique.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: One Man's Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection.
Saturday, July 13, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Sunday, July 14, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, July 14, 2013, 1:15 PM.
A Better Tomorrow
Films
Watch the trailer.
“The defining urban thriller of 80s Hong Kong cinema” (Chuck Stephens, Sex and Zen & A Bullet in the Head), A Better Tomorrow confirmed director John Woo’s place as both a master and an innovator. Enriching familiar genre tropes with stylish camerawork, wrenching melodrama, and the balletic action scenes (including its famous restaurant shootout) that are his forte, Woo established the template for the Hong Kong action movies that would later take the world by storm. The film features Leslie Cheung as a cop torn between duty and familial obligation to his gangster brother. As a counterpoint to Cheung’s soulful performance, Chow Yun-fat’s charismatic turn as a swaggering, trench-coated assassin helped turn him into an international icon. One of the Hong Kong Film Archives’ “100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies.” Print courtesy of the Hong Kong Film Archive, Leisure and Cultural Services Department. (Dir.: John Woo, Hong Kong, 1986, 95 min. Cantonese with English and Chinese subtitles).
Categories: Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, July 14, 2013, 2:00 PM.
ImaginAsia: Beautifully Bound
Kids and Family
Learn about the exhibition Hand-Held: The Gerhard Pulverer Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books with help from an activity guide. Then, create your own Japanese book. Choose copies of folios from the Pulverer collection that feature scenes of springtime and cherry blossoms. Use elegant handmade papers for your cover and tanzaku slips for your title, and then bind them together with a traditional Japanese sewing technique.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: One Man's Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection.
Sunday, July 14, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, July 15, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, July 15, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Monday, July 15, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Peacock Room Shutters Open
See the Peacock Room in a whole new light! When the shutters of Whistler’s “harmony in blue and gold” are open, a flood of natural light turns the Peacock Room into a glowing jewel of blue, green, and gold tones. Details, colors, and textures are revealed in the sunlight—and a special filtering film on the windows minimizes fading.
The shutters are open from noon to 5:30 pm every third Thursday of the month into spring 2013. On those days, docents are in the Peacock Room to answer questions (12–2 pm), and starting at 2:15, they lead a tour of Whistler’s works on view in the Freer Gallery.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Peacock Room. Continues: Every third Thursday. Related Exhibition: The Peacock Room Comes to America.
Thursday, July 18, 2013, 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Spotlight: Peacock Room
Tours
As an alternative to a tour, drop in during this hour-long block to have an informal conversation with a docent about the exhibition.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Peacock Room. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: The Peacock Room Comes to America.
Thursday, July 18, 2013, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, July 18, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, July 18, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Thursday, July 18, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Tour: Whistler and the Peacock Room
Tours
Hear the story of James McNeill Whistler's controversial decoration of the Peacock Room, originally in the London home of shipping magnate Frederick R. Leyland. Explore other works by Whistler in the Freer's American art galleries, and find out how he influenced Charles Lang Freer's aesthetic sensibility.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Peacock Room. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: The Peacock Room Comes to America.
Thursday, July 18, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 19, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 19, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Friday, July 19, 2013, 2:15 PM.
A Chinese Ghost Story
Films
Watch the trailer.
Based on a famous tale by Pu Songling, this supernatural fantasy stars Leslie Cheung as a traveling tax collector. While taking shelter in an abandoned temple, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful woman—who happens to be a ghost. Blending traditional Chinese legends with Hollywood-style horror, martial arts action, and a classic story of star-crossed lovers, this highly entertaining film “remains a vital showcase of our cinema’s madcap inventiveness. It’s like a sensual Evil Dead romance!” (Edmund Lee, Time Out Hong Kong). One of the Hong Kong Film Archives’ “100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies.” Print courtesy of the Hong Kong Film Archive, Leisure and Cultural Services Department. (Dir.: Ching Siu-tung, Hong Kong, 1987, 98 min. Cantonese with English and Chinese subtitles).
Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 19, 2013, 7:00 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 20, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 20, 2013, 1:15 PM.
ImaginAsia: Beautifully Bound
Kids and Family
Learn about the exhibition Hand-Held: The Gerhard Pulverer Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books with help from an activity guide. Then, create your own Japanese book. Choose copies of folios from the Pulverer collection that feature scenes of springtime and cherry blossoms. Use elegant handmade papers for your cover and tanzaku slips for your title, and then bind them together with a traditional Japanese sewing technique.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: One Man's Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection.
Saturday, July 20, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Sunday, July 21, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, July 21, 2013, 1:15 PM.
A Chinese Ghost Story
Films
Watch the trailer.
Based on a famous tale by Pu Songling, this supernatural fantasy stars Leslie Cheung as a traveling tax collector. While taking shelter in an abandoned temple, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful woman—who happens to be a ghost. Blending traditional Chinese legends with Hollywood-style horror, martial arts action, and a classic story of star-crossed lovers, this highly entertaining film “remains a vital showcase of our cinema’s madcap inventiveness. It’s like a sensual Evil Dead romance!” (Edmund Lee, Time Out Hong Kong). One of the Hong Kong Film Archives’ “100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies.” Print supplied by the Hong Kong Film Archive, Leisure and Cultural Services Department. (Dir.: Ching Siu-tung, Hong Kong, 1987, 98 min. Cantonese with English and Chinese subtitles).
Categories: Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, July 21, 2013, 2:00 PM.
ImaginAsia: Beautifully Bound
Kids and Family
Learn about the exhibition Hand-Held: The Gerhard Pulverer Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books with help from an activity guide. Then, create your own Japanese book. Choose copies of folios from the Pulverer collection that feature scenes of springtime and cherry blossoms. Use elegant handmade papers for your cover and tanzaku slips for your title, and then bind them together with a traditional Japanese sewing technique.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: One Man's Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection.
Sunday, July 21, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Monday, July 22, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, July 22, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Monday, July 22, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, July 25, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, July 25, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Thursday, July 25, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 26, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Music for the Phoenix: Washington Guzheng Society
Performances
Hear music inspired by the mythical phoenix of Chinese legend, performed on the ancient 21-stringed guzheng zither by members of the Washington Guzheng Society. The program includes such famous works as “Phoenix of Fire,” “A Phoenix Pursues His Mate,” “Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix,” and “A Phoenix Pair on the Wing.”
The Washington Post wrote of director Bing Xia’s recent performance: “The overwhelming artistry of guzheng soloist Bing Xia will long resound in this reviewer’s memory.” Bing Xia graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and became a soloist with the Xuzhou City Song and Dance Ensemble. Since coming to the United States, she has performed at the Kennedy Center, the George Mason Center for the Arts, and the Embassy of China (for Secretary of State Colin Powell), among many other venues. Her performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio and Voice of America.
Categories: Performances. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 1. Cost: Free; walk-in. .
Friday, July 26, 2013, 1:00 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 26, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Friday, July 26, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Viva Erotica
Films
Watch the trailer.
Derek Yee’s movie industry satire stars Leslie Cheung as Sing, a down-on-his-luck filmmaker who, after a string of flops, agrees to direct a soft-core porn flick (known as Category III films in Hong Kong). He struggles to maintain both his artistic integrity and his relationship with his girlfriend (Karen Mok) while he deals with a sleazy producer and a tempestuous starlet (Shu Qi) who refuses to take off her clothes. Hyperactive and visually dazzling, Viva Erotica has enough behind-the-scenes references and cameo appearances (including Lau Ching-wan as a jaded filmmaker named … Derek Yee) to satisfy any Hong Kong movie buff. “One of the few satires on Category III filmmaking that manages to be frank, funny and humane all at once” (Edmund Lee, Time Out Hong Kong). Print courtesy of the Hong Kong Film Archive, Leisure and Cultural Services Department and Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment Group. Intended for mature audiences. (Dir.: Derek Yee, Hong Kong, 1996, 99 min. Cantonese with…
Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, July 26, 2013, 7:00 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Saturday, July 27, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Music for the Phoenix: Washington Guzheng Society
Performances
Hear music inspired by the mythical phoenix of Chinese legend, performed on the ancient 21-stringed guzheng zither by members of the Washington Guzheng Society. The program includes such famous works as “Phoenix of Fire,” “A Phoenix Pursues His Mate,” “Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix,” and “A Phoenix Pair on the Wing.”
The Washington Post wrote of director Bing Xia’s recent performance: “The overwhelming artistry of guzheng soloist Bing Xia will long resound in this reviewer’s memory.” Bing Xia graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and became a soloist with the Xuzhou City Song and Dance Ensemble. Since coming to the United States, she has performed at the Kennedy Center, the George Mason Center for the Arts, and the Embassy of China (for Secretary of State Colin Powell), among many other venues. Her performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio and Voice of America.
Categories: Performances. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 1. Cost: Free; walk-in. .
Saturday, July 27, 2013, 1:00 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, July 27, 2013, 1:15 PM.
ImaginAsia: Soaring Phoenixes
Kids and Family
Explore the mythology and symbolism surrounding phoenixes in Chinese art, as seen in objects in the Freer Gallery’s collection and interpreted by contemporary artist Xu Bing in the exhibition Nine Deaths, Two Births. Later, fly a phoenix kite on the National Mall. Kites and instruction provided.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Nine Deaths, Two Births: Xu Bing's Phoenix Project.
Saturday, July 27, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Music for the Phoenix: Washington Guzheng Society
Performances
Hear music inspired by the mythical phoenix of Chinese legend, performed on the ancient 21-stringed guzheng zither by members of the Washington Guzheng Society. The program includes such famous works as “Phoenix of Fire,” “A Phoenix Pursues His Mate,” “Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix,” and “A Phoenix Pair on the Wing.”
The Washington Post wrote of director Bing Xia’s recent performance: “The overwhelming artistry of guzheng soloist Bing Xia will long resound in this reviewer’s memory.” Bing Xia graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and became a soloist with the Xuzhou City Song and Dance Ensemble. Since coming to the United States, she has performed at the Kennedy Center, the George Mason Center for the Arts, and the Embassy of China (for Secretary of State Colin Powell), among many other venues. Her performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio and Voice of America.
Categories: Performances. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 1. Cost: Free; walk-in. .
Saturday, July 27, 2013, 3:00 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Sunday, July 28, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, July 28, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Viva Erotica
Films
Watch the trailer.
Derek Yee’s movie industry satire stars Leslie Cheung as Sing, a down-on-his-luck filmmaker who, after a string of flops, agrees to direct a soft-core porn flick (known as Category III films in Hong Kong). He struggles to maintain both his artistic integrity and his relationship with his girlfriend (Karen Mok) while he deals with a sleazy producer and a tempestuous starlet (Shu Qi) who refuses to take off her clothes. Hyperactive and visually dazzling, Viva Erotica has enough behind-the-scenes references and cameo appearances (including Lau Ching-wan as a jaded filmmaker named … Derek Yee) to satisfy any Hong Kong movie buff. “One of the few satires on Category III filmmaking that manages to be frank, funny and humane all at once” (Edmund Lee, Time Out Hong Kong). Print courtesy of the Hong Kong Film Archive, Leisure and Cultural Services Department and Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment Group. Intended for mature audiences. (Dir.: Derek Yee, Hong Kong, 1996, 99 min. Cantonese with…
Categories: Films. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meyer Auditorium. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, July 28, 2013, 2:00 PM.
ImaginAsia: Soaring Phoenixes
Kids and Family
Explore the mythology and symbolism surrounding phoenixes in Chinese art, as seen in objects in the Freer Gallery’s collection and interpreted by contemporary artist Xu Bing in the exhibition Nine Deaths, Two Births. Later, fly a phoenix kite on the National Mall. Kites and instruction provided.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Nine Deaths, Two Births: Xu Bing's Phoenix Project.
Sunday, July 28, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Music for the Phoenix: Washington Guzheng Society
Performances
Hear music inspired by the mythical phoenix of Chinese legend, performed on the ancient 21-stringed guzheng zither by members of the Washington Guzheng Society. The program includes such famous works as “Phoenix of Fire,” “A Phoenix Pursues His Mate,” “Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix,” and “A Phoenix Pair on the Wing.”
The Washington Post wrote of director Bing Xia’s recent performance: “The overwhelming artistry of guzheng soloist Bing Xia will long resound in this reviewer’s memory.” Bing Xia graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and became a soloist with the Xuzhou City Song and Dance Ensemble. Since coming to the United States, she has performed at the Kennedy Center, the George Mason Center for the Arts, and the Embassy of China (for Secretary of State Colin Powell), among many other venues. Her performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio and Voice of America.
Categories: Performances. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 1. Cost: Free; walk-in. .
Sunday, July 28, 2013, 2:00 PM.
Anime: Young Artists Residency
Kids and Family
Study the art of anime and manga drawing in this intensive five-day course taught by an artist and focusing on the Sackler exhibition Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books. In addition to developing their formal drawing skills, participants learn how to design characters and create narratives. For ages 9–18.
Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Registration fee: $100. Students provide their own lunch and snacks. Apply online.
Monday, July 29, 2013, 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, July 29, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, July 29, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Monday, July 29, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Anime: Young Artists Residency
Kids and Family
Study the art of anime and manga drawing in this intensive five-day course taught by an artist and focusing on the Sackler exhibition Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books. In addition to developing their formal drawing skills, participants learn how to design characters and create narratives. For ages 9–18.
Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Registration fee: $100. Students provide their own lunch and snacks. Apply online.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 2:15 PM.
Anime: Young Artists Residency
Kids and Family
Study the art of anime and manga drawing in this intensive five-day course taught by an artist and focusing on the Sackler exhibition Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books. In addition to developing their formal drawing skills, participants learn how to design characters and create narratives. For ages 9–18.
Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Registration fee: $100. Students provide their own lunch and snacks. Apply online.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM.
Anime: Young Artists Residency
Kids and Family
Study the art of anime and manga drawing in this intensive five-day course taught by an artist and focusing on the Sackler exhibition Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books. In addition to developing their formal drawing skills, participants learn how to design characters and create narratives. For ages 9–18.
Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Sublevel 2. Cost: Registration fee: $100. Students provide their own lunch and snacks. Apply online.
Thursday, August 1, 2013, 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM.
Docent's Choice: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tours
Join a docent on a tour of his or her favorite highlights of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Sackler’s permanent collection includes Chinese bronzes and jades, Chinese paintings and lacquerware, and sculpture from South and Southeast Asia. In addition, the Gallery features the Perspectives series of contemporary art as well as a range of world-class special exhibitions.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, August 1, 2013, 12:15 PM.
Tour: Freer Highlights
Tours
Learn about the history of the Freer Gallery, the first Smithsonian museum devoted to the fine arts. Discover how museum founder Charles Lang Freer shaped his collection in the late nineteenth century and how he developed his vision for the museum. Explore its outstanding holdings of Asian and American works of art.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Freer Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Freer information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, August 1, 2013, 1:15 PM.
Tour: Hand-Held
Tours
Woodblock-printed illustrated books became key sources of knowledge and entertainment in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868). Working with renowned artists and authors, enterprising publishers produced compact, inexpensive paperbound volumes that were sold and circulated throughout Japan. With beautiful, intriguing, and entertaining subjects, books brought reading of words and images to the masses, creating a communication revolution similar to electronic media today. Highlights from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection now in the Freer Gallery of Art, including rare private editions and bestsellers such as Hokusai’s Manga sketchbooks, are shown together for the first time since the museum purchased the collection in 2007.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Sackler Gallery. Event Location: Meet at the Sackler information desk. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books.
Thursday, August 1, 2013, 2:15 PM.