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Hokusai the master
In the time between Christmas and New Year’s, there is usually chaos in Washington D.C.. Gift returns, shopping for yourself, watching streaming television… it’s exhausting. So take some time out for peace and beauty. Go see Hokusai, Mad About Painting. … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, art, Asian art, Freer Gallery of Art, Japan, Uncategorized, Washington DC
Tagged Freer Gallery of Art, Hokusai, Japanese art
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At the Freer Gallery, a seminar on looting of cultural heritage
If you think museums are just homes for great art, think again. The art, academic and museum worlds have combined forces into activism against theft. They have to since the illegal sale of cultural heritages has become endemic. It is … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, art, Freer Gallery of Art, History, Uncategorized
Tagged art, cultural heritage, Freer Gallery of Art, looting, Red lists
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Divine Felines and #NationalCatDay
Let me turn you on to something. On October 29, this Sunday, it’s @NationalCatDay which looks like just an excuse to indulge in feline adoration. As if the 74,059,000 owners, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association, need an excuse. I love … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, Freer Gallery of Art, Sackler Museum, Uncategorized
Tagged art, asian, Asian Art, Cats, Egypt, Freer Gallery of Art, NationalCatDay
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A ‘refreshed’ Freer Gallery of Art coming in October
Those into Asian and Middle Eastern art know all about the currently-closed Freer Gallery of Art and its partner, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington D.C. During a tour of the Freer’s renovations, Director Julian Raby spoke about many … Continue reading
Posted in Asian art, Freer Gallery of Art, Sackler Museum, Uncategorized
Tagged Freer Gallery of Art, Sacker Museum
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Visiting art museum collections without leaving home
What a wonderful world we live in when we can visit major art museums and see their collections from the comfort of our padded seats. The digitalization of their collections proceed apace. More and more museums are providing their collections online. This makes … Continue reading
A Walker in Many Worlds 