Apr 05, 2011
April Museum Roundup
Several of the area’s museums ring in the month of April with exhibits highlighting the color green, the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and naval aviation.
Google’s efforts to try and make leaving your house a thing of the past has taken yet another big leap with the introduction of Art Project, which allows users to virtually explore 385 gallery rooms in 17 museums around the world and peruse more than 1,000 high-resolution images. Art Project features some of the most foremost destinations for art lovers around the world, including Washington’s very own Freer Gallery of Art.
Mar 12, 2009
A Zen Evening at the Freer
Tawaraya Sotatsu, Imperial Anthology, Kokinshu, early 17th century, handscroll; ink, gold, silver, and mica on paper, image courtesy of Freer Gallery of Art The best concerts on the Bill and Mary Meyer Concert Series of free concerts at the Freer Gallery of Art explore the intersection of European and non-Western music. Last night’s program, performed by the Leipzig String Quartet, did just that by combining music by three of Asia’s most important composers, all…