Freer avidly collected works by the Japanese artist Hokusai. Curator Ann Yonemura explains how his appreciation for Hokusai’s bold, creative genius resulted in the world’s foremost collection of the artist’s paintings. This recording offers excerpts of a Point of View Gallery Talk presented in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on April 11, 2006. The talk ...

Curatorial Conversations and Lectures

Hokusai

Contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto talks with James Ulak, deputy director and curator of Japanese art at the Freer and Sackler Galleries, about his exhibition “Hiroshi Sugimoto: History of History.” In this interview Sugimoto discusses his Japanese roots and western influences, the relationship between his role as art collector and his own artwork, and his process ...

Hiroshi Sugimoto: History of History

Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), surveys the global history of fashion, including Ottoman court dress. Co-sponsored with the Textile Museum. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Style and Status: Imperial Costumes from Ottoman Turkey. Recorded live at the Freer Gallery of Art’s Meyer ...

Fashion and Identity from Ottoman Turkey to the Present

European fascination with the textile and costume arts of the Ottoman Empire has shaped design and clothing for centuries. Professor Walter B. Denny from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is the Charles Grant Ellis Research Associate for Oriental Carpets at the Textile Museum. Co-sponsored with the Textile Museum. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Style ...

Ottoman Fashion: Impact of Ottoman Textiles and Costume on Europe from the 15th to the 20th Century

Take a look at the exhibition Style and Status: Imperial Costumes from Ottoman Turkey, with Massumeh Farhad, chief curator and curator of Islamic Art at the Freer and Sackler Galleries, and Nurhan Atasoy, principal contributor to the book Ipek: Imperial Ottoman Silks and Velvets.

Style and Status: Imperial Costumes from Ottoman Turkey

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