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Freer Gallery of Art

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The Empresses of China’s Forbidden City Get a Splendorous Look

by Dany Chan June 18, 2019March 11, 2022

Within their historical context in an exhibition at Freer | Sackler, the empresses of China’s Qing Dynasty succeeded in making meaningful lives for themselves, and that is something to celebrate and admire.

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The Material Legacy of Matrilineal Power in China’s Qing Dynasty

Avatar photo by Kealey Boyd June 18, 2019March 11, 2022

Many of the objects in Empresses of China’s Forbidden City, 1644-1912 at Freer | Sackler have not previously been available for research, have never traveled outside of China, and might not be likely to reemerge again.

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The Delicate and Daring Works of a Forgotten 17th-Century Japanese Painter

by Claire Voon January 19, 2016January 19, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC — Over the course of his career in the 17th century, the Japanese painter Tawaraya Sōtatsu produced a large body of intricate and decorative works on paper.

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Historical Angry Birds: Remixed “Peacock Room” Highlights Old Feud

by Claire Voon October 26, 2015October 26, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC — Waterston’s work closely recreates Whistler’s elegant chamber, but remixed into wreckage to express Whistler and Leyland’s friendship, which disintegrated once Leyland laid eyes on Whistler’s work.

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Smithsonian Digitizes 40,000 Artworks from Asia

by Laura C. Mallonee January 1, 2015January 5, 2015

Beginning today, art lovers around the world can peruse the entire collections of two Smithsonian Asian art museums from the comfort of their homes.

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