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Heels over Head: Mr. Freer, Swami Vivekananda, and the Art of Yoga

June 2 2013 at 2:00 PM

Detroit Institute of Arts

In a sneak preview of Yoga: The Art of Transformation, an international loan exhibition opening at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Galleryin October, 2013, curator Debra Diamond explores the unexpectedconnections linking a tenth century sculpture of a fierce yogini inthe DIA collection, Thomas Edison’s film, Hindoo Fakir, and SwamiVivekananda’s visit to Detroit and Charles Lang Freer’s home in 1894.Yoga: The Art of Transformation is the world’s first exhibition aboutyoga’s visual history. Masterpieces of sculpture and painting fromthe 3rd to the 18th century will be juxtaposed with modern photographs, books and films. Highlights include three monumental stone yogini goddesses from a tenth century Chola temple reunited for the first time, ten folios (seventeenth century) from the first illustrated compilation of asanas (yogic postures), and the first movie produced about India, Thomas Edison’s Hindoo Fakir. Presented by Debra Diamond, PhDCurator of South and Southeast Asian Art,Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler GallerySmithsonian Institution Lecture At The: DIA, Marvin & Betty Danto Lecture Hall, 2:00pm Free with DIA admission, No Registration Required   Reception And Tour At: The Freer House, 3:30-5:00pm $10, $5 for students and Freer House Members Click here to download more detailed information about this event. Click here to download a flyer with more information.

A Thousand Graces: Freer’s Pilgrimage to the Buddhist Cave Temples at Longmen and his Collection of Chinese Art

October 20 2013 at 2:00 PM

Detroit Institute of Arts

Archivist David Hogge and Chinese Art Specialist Daisy Yiyou Wangfrom the Freer Gallery of Art explore museum founder Charles Lang Freer’s evolving fascination with Chinese Buddhist art through his outstanding collection and his 1910 expedition to the Buddhist Cave Temples at Longmen. David Hogge will present the photographs and journals of Charles L. Freer’s 1910 travels to the interior of China and Longmen. Freer’s extensive writings and stunning photography eleoquently trace his journey, and provide a rare window into his ideas on art and spirtuality. Daisy Yiyou Wang will follow with a presentation on two dozen exceptional objects from the Freer Gallery of Art and a fresh look at the complex factors that shaped Freer’s outstanding collection of Chinese art. Presented by David HoggeHead of Archives, Freer Gallery ofArt and Arthur M. Sackler GallerySmithsonian Institution and Daisy Yiyou Wang, PhDProject Specialist, Chinese ArtFreer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler GallerySmithsonian Institution Click here to download a flyer with more information

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