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Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia  |  Ceramics, 04 7 2007 - 01 7 2010 Approximately 200 diverse and visually striking ceramic vessels from Southeast Asia are on long-term view.  The clay pots and jars form the most enduring record of human activity in this part of the world, during the prehistoric period to the present. Freer and Sackler Galleries: the National Museums of Asian Art The Sackler Gallery is located at 1050 Independence Avenue, SW. The Freer Gallery of Art is located at Jefferson Drive at 12th Street, SW. Washington, USA The two museums are connected by an underground exhibition space. Hours: daily 10am - 5:30 pm Free Admission http://www.asia.si.edu/

Seascapes: Tryon & Sugimoto  |  Art, 07 12 2008 - 01 25 2009 For the first time since 1923, works from the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art's American collection will be shown outside its walls with works from the collection of the adjoining Sackler Gallery. The exhibition  presents a series of 22 pastels by American landscape painter Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925) juxtaposed with six black-and-white photographs by contemporary photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948, Tokyo). Freer and Sackler Galleries: the National Museums of Asian Art The Sackler Gallery is located at 1050 Independence Avenue, SW. The Freer Gallery of Art is located at Jefferson Drive at 12th Street, SW. Washington, USA The two museums are connected by an underground exhibition space. Hours: daily 10am - 5:30 pm Free Admission http://www.asia.si.edu/

George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings  |  Art, 09 14 2008 - 01 4 2009 The first exhibition of George de Forest Brush's remarkable paintings of American Indians will be on view at the National Gallery of Art. Inspired in part by the recent rediscovery of An Aztec Sculptor (1887), an important work missing for a century, the exhibition offers groundbreaking new research on Brush's works-long prized by collectors, yet rarely available for public viewing. The National Gallery of Art National Mall between Third and Seventh Streets at Constitution Avenue, Washington, USA Hours: Monday through Saturday 10 am - 5 pm and Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm Admission is always free http://www.nga.gov

Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur  |  Art, 10 11 2008 - 01 4 2009 This groundbreaking exhibition of newly discovered Indian paintings from the royal court collection of Marwar-Jodhpur (in the modern state of Rajasthan) has three sections devoted to the garden and cosmos leitmotifs, with an introductory gallery about the kingdom of Marwar-Jodhpur and the origins of its court painting traditions in the 17th century. Image: Folio 2 from the Nath Charit d. 1823 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper 121.5x44.5cm Freer and Sackler Galleries: the National Museums of Asian Art The Sackler Gallery is located at 1050 Independence Avenue, SW. The Freer Gallery of Art is located at Jefferson Drive at 12th Street, SW. Washington, USA The two museums are connected by an underground exhibition space. Hours: daily 10am - 5:30 pm Free Admission http://www.asia.si.edu/

Oceans, Rivers, and Skies: Ansel Adams, Robert Adams, and Alfred Stieglitz  |  Photography, 10 12 2008 - 03 15 2009 Three important and beautiful series of black-and-white landscape photographs will be showcased in Oceans, Rivers, and Skies: Ansel Adams, Robert Adams, and Alfred Stieglitz This focus exhibition features 21 works in chronological order: ten by Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), five by Ansel Adams (1902-1984), and six by Robert Adams (b. 1937). Image: Ansel Adams (American, 1902 - 1984) Surf Sequence 3, San Mateo County Coast, California, 1940 gelatin silver print, 1982 National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Virginia B. Adams The National Gallery of Art National Mall between Third and Seventh Streets at Constitution Avenue, Washington, USA Hours: Monday through Saturday 10 am - 5 pm and Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm Admission is always free http://www.nga.gov

Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples  |  Art, 10 19 2008 - 03 22 2009 Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples presents some 150 works of sculpture, painting, mosaic, and luxury arts, most of them created before the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD. They include recent discoveries on view in the U.S. for the first time and celebrated finds from earlier excavations. Exquisite objects from the richly decorated villas along the shores of the Bay of Naples and from houses in the nearby towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum reveal the breadth and richness of cultural and artistic life, as well as the influence of classical Greece on Roman art and culture in this region Image: Stabiae View of a harbor town, 1st century BC - 1st century AD fresco Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli The National Gallery of Art National Mall between Third and Seventh Streets at Constitution Avenue, Washington, USA Hours: Monday through Saturday 10 am - 5 pm and Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm Admission is always free http://www.nga.gov

Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered  |  Old Masters, 10 26 2008 - 01 11 2009 The life and career of Jan Lievens (1607–1674), one of the greatest yet most enigmatic Dutch painters of the 17th century, will be brought to light in the exhibition Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered. This exhibition and its accompanying catalogue will present an overview of the full range of Lievens' career. More than 130 of the artist's finest works will be presented, including 54 paintings, 39 drawings, and 39 prints. The National Gallery of Art National Mall between Third and Seventh Streets at Constitution Avenue, Washington, USA Hours: Monday through Saturday 10 am - 5 pm and Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm Admission is always free http://www.nga.gov

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