A decade of remarkable growth: acquisitions by the Freer and Sackler Galleries: the Freer and Arthur M. Sackler Galleries in Washington, DC, contain one of the world's great collections of Asian art. The Galleries' deputy director, James Ulak, presents a selection of their most oustanding gifts and purchases between 1996 and 2006, the centenary of Charles Lang Freer's gift of the founding collection. From: Apollo | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: Ulak, James | COPYRIGHT 2007 Apollo Magazine Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, opened its doors to the public in September 1923. It was the culmination of a gift to the nation initiated in 1906 by the Detroit industrialist and collector Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919). Freer's donation--a collection, a building and the wherewithal to pursue collecting and scholarly programmes well into the future--was made to the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian had mixed feelings about Freer's initial proposal. The august in...