Curator Tour | Celebrating the Persian New Year

Wednesday, March 19
Curator Tour | Celebrating the Persian New Year
Join a special Nowruz curator tour of Engaging the Senses: Arts of the Islamic World.
By
National Museum of Asian Art
Date and time
Wednesday, March 19 · 12 – 1pm EDT
Location
National Museum of Asian Art – West Building (Freer Gallery), gallery 3
1050 Independence Avenue Southwest Washington, DC 20004
About this event
Celebrate
Nowruz
by joining curator Massumeh Farhad on a tour of
Engaging the Senses: Arts of the Islamic World
. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, marks the spring equinox and is celebrated by people in many regions represented in this exhibition. As the spring begins to reawaken our senses, learn how diverse artistic traditions addressed sound, sight, taste, touch, and smell.
Please
meet at the
entrance to gallery 3
for the tour. We recommend you register in advance.
Image: Plate, Shamsuddin al-Hasani Abu Zayd, Iran, December 1210 (AH Jumadi II 607), stone-paste painted over glaze with luster, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment,
F1941.11