One Fine Show: “The Print Generation” at the National Museum of Asian Art
Recent institutional shows have proven that prints are not a second-rate medium.
National Museum of Asian Art
The National Museum of Asian Art is located at 1100 Jefferson Dr SW, Washington, D.C. Part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the institution comprises the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The Freer Gallery, established in 1923, was the first Smithsonian museum dedicated to the fine arts, while the Sackler Gallery opened in 1987. Together, they house an extensive collection of over 40,000 objects spanning 6,000 years of Asian art, including Chinese paintings, Japanese screens, Indian sculptures and Islamic manuscripts. Notable pieces include James McNeill Whistler’s “Peacock Room” and ancient Chinese bronzes. The museum has previously hosted exhibitions such as “Hokusai: Mad about Painting” and “Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice across Asia.” It also offers a variety of educational programs, scholarly research opportunities and cultural events, promoting a deeper understanding and appreciation of Asian art and cultures. Read more about Museums.
A Look Back at Museum Repatriation in 2024
How an artifact or artwork ended up in an institution’s permanent collection can be tough to figure out, and the decision to repatriate can be a thorny one.
Two Curators On How the National Museum of Asian Art’s “Staging the Supernatural” Came to Be
The idea for the exhibition can be traced back more than fifteen years but was buoyed into reality more recently by two major acquisitions by the NMAA.
