Press Releases: Events
2017
Freer|Sackler Celebrates Reopening With Two-Day Festival Oct. 14–15
IlluminAsia Festival Features Asian Art, Food and Cultures2017-09-25 | Press Release
Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery To Reopen in October 2017 With a Commissioned Public Artwork by Tony Award-winning Artists
2017-07-26 | Press Release
Art Conservation Goes Al Fresco
Sculptures Come Out of Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery To Receive Preservation Work in Public View2017-07-07 | Press Release
Made in Hong Kong Film Festival Takes a Look at Movies Made After the Transfer to China
Freer and Sackler Galleries’ 22nd Annual Film Festival To Include U.S. Premiere of 4K Digital Restoration of Landmark 1997 Film “Made in Hong Kong”2017-07-06 | Press Release
Sackler Gallery To Temporarily Close for Updates and Revitalization July 10
Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Reopen Oct. 14 With Weekend Celebration2017-03-06 | Press Release
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Freer and Sackler Galleries and Kennedy Center Celebrate the Chinese New Year
“Chinese New Year D.C.” Events Take Place Jan. 28–Feb. 62017-01-23 | Press Release
2016
Fall Film Series To Feature Third China Onscreen Biennial
Freer and Sackler Galleries’ Fall Films To Include New and Classic Chinese Films2016-11-10 | Press Release
Afghan Artisans Coming to Washington, D.C., To Demonstrate Their Crafts and Creativity in Vibrant Exhibition
“Turquoise Mountain: Artists Transforming Afghanistan” Remains on View in Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Through Jan. 29, 20172016-09-19 | Press Release
“Performing Indonesia” Celebrates the Music, Dance, Theater and Fashion of the Island Nation Sept. 10–Nov. 19
Three-month Festival To Showcase the Many Manifestations of Culture in Indonesia2016-08-25 | Press Release
International Screen Star Kara Wai To Headline 2016 Made in Hong Kong Film Festival
Freer and Sackler Galleries’ 21st Annual Film Festival To Include World Premiere and 3-D Screenings2016-07-18 | Press Release
2015
Freer Gallery’s Final Weekend Open Before Renovation Marked by Special Event Jan. 2–3, 2016
Exhibitions With Artistic Connections to Sackler Gallery Featured2015-11-19 | Press Release
Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries Announce Film Retrospective and Book on Japanese Filmmaker Seijun Suzuki
New Film Series Oct. 9 - Dec. 202015-09-30 | Press Release
Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art To Present “Close Up: Turkey”
New Film Series Sept. 18 and 202015-08-03 | Press Release
Freer and Sackler Gallery’s Summertime “Asia After Dark” Afterhours Party Celebrates Exhibition “Peacock Room REMIX” with June 13 “PEACOCKalypse”
Tickets On Sale Now, Featuring Performance by Award-Winning BETTY2015-04-15 | Press Release | Images
Smithsonian's Museums of Asian Art Celebrate Japanese Arts and Culture for the 2015 Cherry Blossom Festival
Highlights Include Free Daylong Event March 28, New Commemorative Book and Japanese Art Exhibitions2015-02-18 | Press Release | Images
Free Winter and Spring Concerts at the Freer and Sackler Galleries
Feature Music from Japan, Korea, China, Iran and India2015-02-04 | Press Release
Freer and Sackler Galleries Celebrate the Persian New Year and Iranian Art Exhibitions with a Free Family Festival
Annual "Nowruz: A Persian New Year Celebration" Is Saturday, March 72015-01-28 | Press Release
2014
Sackler Gallery Celebrates International Archaeology Day with “Unearthing Arabia” and Special Events Oct. 12‒18
Visitors Can Meet Leading Archaeologist2014-10-07 | Press Release
Fall Concerts at the Freer and Sackler Galleries Feature Music from Japan, Java, China and the Middle East
2014-09-22 | Press Release
Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries Present Film Retrospective of Acclaimed Thai Director Pen-ek Ratanaruang Sept 13–28
Outspoken Filmmaker to Make Rare Personal Appearances During Opening Weekend2014-09-03 | Press Release
Smithsonian Icon Will Be ‘Yarnbombed’ with 6 Miles of Red Yarn
One of the Smithsonian’s most iconic and photographed scenes will be blanketed with bright red yarn early in the morning of Friday, Aug. 292014-08-28 | Press Release | Images
Freer and Sackler Galleries Host Afterhours Event July 25 for Closing Weekend of Japanese Exhibitions
Free City Nights Open House Recreates Tokyo at Night2014-07-15 | Press Release
Freer and Sackler Gallery’s Summertime “Asia After Dark” Returns June 7 to Celebrate Bollywood and Bhangra
2014-05-07 | Press Release
Sackler Gallery Welcomes “An American in London: Whistler and the Thames” with Sneak Preview Open House May 2
Other Free Public Programs Include Film Series, Curator Tours and ImaginAsia “London Nights” Family Workshop2014-04-08 | Press Release
Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries Celebrate Japanese Arts and Culture
Special Events and Exhibitions Commemorate the 2014 National Cherry Blossom Festival from March 20 to April 132014-02-26 | Press Release
Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries Celebrate the Persian New Year with a Free Family Festival
“Nowruz: A Persian New Year Celebration” Is Saturday, March 82014-02-25 | Press Release
2013
Special Events Mark Final Weeks of Smithsonian’s “Yoga: The Art of Transformation”
Sackler Gallery Hosts Medical Yoga Symposium and Closing Weekend Celebration2013-12-16 | Press Release | Images
Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries Host Major Indonesian Music Festival
Free Public Festival Features Music, Dance, Film, Workshops2013-10-24 | Press Release
“Asia After Dark” Kicks It Up with Chinese Martial Arts and 3-D Technology at Freer Gallery of Art
2013-08-01 | Press Release
Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Thomas to Chair Smithsonian Gala in Honor of First Exhibition on the Art of Yoga
“Yoga: The Art of Transformation” Opens Oct. 19 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C.2013-06-14 | Press Release
Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries Celebrate the Arts of Japan
Special Events Commemorate the 2013 National Cherry Blossom Festival2013-04-13 | Press Release
2012
Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Landmark Week of Events
2012-11-26 | Press Release
Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang to stage pyrotechnic display in honor of Sackler's 25th anniversary, Art in Embassies' 50th
2012-11-26 | Media Advisory
Sackler Gallery and Art in Embassies Present Artist Cai Guo-Qiang's "Explosion Event" Nov. 30
2012-11-26 | Press Release
Media preview of new temporary 3-D installation, "Pure Land: Inside the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang," at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
2012-11-26 | Media Advisory
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