Now: Washington DC / Freer Gallery of Art presents “Freer’s Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers” from Oct 15, 2022-onging

Left to right: Mary Chase Perry Stratton, Charles Lang Freer, Agnes Meyer, Dikran Kelekian

WASHINGTON DC / Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art

Freer Gallery of Art
Jefferson Drive and 12th St., SW, Washington, DC

Freer’s Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers
October 15, 2022–ongoing
Freer Gallery of Art | Gallery 9
Collection Area: American Art

This exhibition looks closely at the interconnected web of artists, dealers, and collectors who helped shape the Freer Gallery of Art’s collection amid the shifting political and economic environment of the early twentieth century. Learn about some of the fascinating characters who played instrumental roles in museum founder Charles Lang Freer’s global network, including art dealers Bunkio Matsuki and Dikran Kelekian, collector Agnes Meyer, and artist Mary Chase Perry Stratton. The captivating display of objects in this gallery, which includes American paintings and stoneware, Japanese ceramics, ancient Chinese bronzes, and Near Eastern pottery, illustrates that network in operation.

Freer’s Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers is part of the 2023 programming marking the 100th anniversary of the National Museum of Asian Art’s founding. Learn more about the centennial celebrations. #TheNext100