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Several figures in a boat with a roof floating along a river.

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020

LONELY PLANET in Edo-period Japan: Meisho Zue

Japanese Art, Library, Travel

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

The Art of Action: 25 Years of Hong Kong Fight Scenes

Action Films, Asian Cinema, Asian Film, Films, Hong Kong Film Festival, Virtual Film Festival

July 18, 2020July 27, 2020

This Day in Freer History: July 18, 1894

Charles Lang Freer, Freer at 100, Freer Gallery of Art, Freer History, James McNeill Whistler

A still image from the Thai film "Uncle Boonmee". There are three figures seated at a dining table set with food. One diner faces away from the viewer. The other diner is a man with dark hair in an orange and yellow tee shirt. He is facing the third figure, at left, a ghostly apparition of a woman.

What is Thai Cinema?

Asian Cinema, Asian Film, Films, Thai Cinema, Thailand

A king sitting on a woven rug surrounded by trees, the rug is on a field of yellow, the king is seated against a bolster and two birds are perched on his outstretched hand

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020

Studying Rajput Ragamala Paintings

Indian art, Indian classical music, Ragamala painting, South Asian art

A man and woman standing close together looking into the distance in the foreground. The man holds an open fan at the waist.

Korean Cinema: Before the Wave

Asian Cinema, Films, Korean Film, Korean Film Festival DC, Virtual Film Festival

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020

This Day in Freer History: May 5, 1906

Archives, Charles Lang Freer, Freer, Freer at 100, Freer Gallery of Art, Freer History, Katharine Nash Rhoades

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020

Korean Cinema: The Golden Age

Arash Moradi and Xanthe Greshem

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020

Performance Storytelling in the Spirit of Celebrating Women