South Asian and Himalayan Art Archives - Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

a blue haired buddha sculpture

May 20, 2022May 24, 2022

Sensational Buddhism: Marks of Perfection

Buddhism, China, Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia, India, Tibetan Art

Gallery view of the exhibition Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia

November 29, 2021December 3, 2021

Sensational Buddhism

Buddhism, Buddhist Art, Buddhist Practice, Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia, Tibetan Art, Tibetan Shrine Room

A figure in orange and pink wearing a crown rides a long-legged, long-necked bird.

February 19, 2021February 18, 2021

Amit Dutta’s Cinematic Museum

Amit Dutta, Asian Film, film, film series, Indian Cinema, Indian Film

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021

Happy Losar!

Alice S. Kandell Collection, Buddhism, Losar, Lunar New Year, Sikkim, Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan New Year

Painting fragment of an Indian prince with a flower in one hand riding a white horse, representing the planet of Venus.

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020

Astrology’s Reveal: Fragments of a Scroll

Astrology, Horoscopes, India, Indian art, painting, Planets, Zodiac

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

Decorated ewer showing a woman wearing a garment

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020

Ladies of the East: Representation of Women on Sasanian Ewers

Ewer, female figures, Sasanian period, silver

March 21, 2020March 23, 2020

This Day in Freer History: March 21, 1907

Charles Lang Freer, Freer at 100, Freer History

Krishna and his family admire a solar eclipse

June 20, 2018March 25, 2020

Krishna and his family admire a solar eclipse

February 7, 2018March 25, 2020

Exploring Civilizations at the Freer

Statue figurine - Gilt copper alloy with turquoise, copper and pigments

January 18, 2017May 19, 2022

Meet Our Volunteer: Patrick Hamilton

S2012.5a-b, volunteers

March 2, 2016March 25, 2020

Seventeen Angry Heads

Buddhism, S1997.27, Tara, Tibet

December 22, 2015March 25, 2020

Shadows and Light (Sabers): Star Wars Puppetry

December 9, 2015March 25, 2020

Fish-Teeth and Friendship

jewelry, Mughal dynasty

December 8, 2015March 25, 2020

Ars Orientalis 45: Knowledge Triumphs Over Time and Space

architecture, Ars Orientalis

September 11, 2015March 25, 2020

Tibetan Healing Mandala

August 7, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Shrine of a Perfected Being

F1997.33, Friday Fave, Jainism

July 3, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Court Ladies Playing with Fireworks

June 12, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Pen Box

digitization, F1986.58, Friday Fave

April 24, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Tibetan Shrine

digitization, Friday Fave

The Gopis Search for Krishna from a Bhagavata Purana; Punjab Hills, India, ca. 1780; opaque watercolor and gold on paper; Purchase, F1930.84

April 14, 2015March 25, 2020

Mats Matter

F1930.84, paper

bronze statue of Shiva

April 10, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Shiva Nataraja

digitization, F2003.2, Open F|S

Chape of a scabbard - Iron inlaid with gold

February 27, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Chape of a Scabbard

digitization, F1994.5, India, Mughal dynasty

August 20, 2014March 25, 2020

Remembering Collector Robert H. Ellsworth

calligraphy, F1985.30

June 30, 2014March 25, 2020

Meteor Spotted in Freer Gallery!

F1955.27a-b, India, Jahangir, Mughal dynasty

January 27, 2014March 25, 2020

Yoga: A Transforming Exhibition

Yoga: The Art of Transformation

October 18, 2013March 25, 2020

Yoga: The Art of Transformation opens Saturday, October 19

Yoga: The Art of Transformation

September 11, 2013March 25, 2020

September 11, 1893

Yoga: The Art of Transformation

July 1, 2013March 25, 2020

Danielle Probst: From Child’s Pose to Yoga Messenger

June 28, 2013March 25, 2020

Heels Over Head: When Charles Lang Freer Met Swami Vivekananda

June 19, 2013March 25, 2020

The Power of Koringa

S1987.905, Yoga

June 12, 2013March 25, 2020

Book Yoga: The Other Yoga Boom

June 5, 2013March 25, 2020

Putting Our Heads Together to Make Yoga History

June 3, 2013March 25, 2020

Transformation and the Art of Yoga

May 24, 2013March 25, 2020

Together We’re One: Crowdfunding our Yoga Exhibition

crowdfunding, Yoga

November 14, 2012March 25, 2020

Diwali: The Festival of Lights

October 12, 2012March 25, 2020

Food for Thought: Melons, Mangoes, and Mughals

F1942.16a, Mughal dynasty, S1986.230, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran

Bookcovers from a volume of the Gulshan Album (Rose Garden album)

September 14, 2012April 7, 2020

Emperors and Interns: Behind the Scenes of Worlds within Worlds

Mughal dynasty, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran

August 31, 2012April 7, 2020

Seat of Power: Politics Mughal Style

F1942.15a, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran, Yoga

Woman in red and gold sari in motion.

August 17, 2012March 25, 2020

You Should Be Dancing

Bollywood, dance, Family Day, India, Sackler 25, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran

August 11, 2012March 25, 2020

Inspired by … India!

Bollywood, Family Day, India, Sackler 25

August 11, 2012March 25, 2020

Inspired by….Kathak Dance

dance, Family Day, India, Sackler 25, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran

August 11, 2012March 25, 2020

Inspired by…Cupcakes

India, Sackler 25, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran

Woman lighting lamp.

August 11, 2012March 25, 2020

Inspired by … Light

Family Day, India, Nirupama Rao, Sackler 25, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran

Hands drawing circles on large piece of kraft paper on the floor.

August 11, 2012March 25, 2020

Inspired by…Rangoli

Family Day, India, Rangoli, Sackler 25, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran

Lead dancer looking back at group visitors mid dance lesson.

August 11, 2012March 25, 2020

Inspired by…Bollywood!

Bollywood, Family Day, India, Sackler 25, Worlds Within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran