NEWS: National Museum of Asian Art to Return Three Bronze Sculptures to the Government of India Following the Museum’s Extensive Provenance Research
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art announced today its plans to return three sculptures to the Government of India, following rigorous provenance research that documented that the sculptures had been removed illegally…
NEWS: National Museum of Asian Art Returns Three Sculptures to the Kingdom of Cambodia
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art announced today the return of three Cambodian sculptures to the Kingdom of Cambodia. The ethical return, which was initiated by the museum, follows an extensive internal…
CFP: Provenance and Asian Art (Berlin, 11-13 November, 2026)
Provenance and Asian Art: Sharing Stories, Building Connections. The Freer Research Center at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art and the Zentralarchiv and Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) of…
ANN: Provenance and Asian Art – A Collaborative Workshop and Symposium (National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, 1-4 Nov 2023)
The National Museum of Asian Art and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst and Zentralarchiv of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz invite you to Provenance and Asian ArtA Collaborative Workshop and…
CFP: The Provenance of Asian Art: Symposium & Workshop (Washington, 1-4 Nov 2023)
Building on the momentum established by the webinar series Hidden Networks: The Trade of Asian Art (2020–2022), the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation’s Museum of Asian…
ANN: Translocation of South Asian Art: Provenance and Documentation (Online; 6-7 Oct 2022)
The National Museum of Asian Art continues its series, Hidden Networks: Trade in Asian Art, with Translocation of Asian Art: Provenance and Documentation. Washington, DC: 9 a.m.–12 p.m. EDT dailyLondon: 2–5 p.m. BST…
CFP: Webinar “Hidden Networks: The Trade of Asian Art” series (National Museum of Asian Art, Online, 6-7 Oct 2022)
Proposals are invited for the fifth webinar in the series “Hidden Networks: The Trade of Asian Art,” a collaboration between the National Museum of Asian Art (Washington, DC) and the Museum für Asiatische…
ANN: Asian Art and the Third Reich: A Provenance Discussion (Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art / online; 31 March 2022, 9:30-11:30 AM EDT, 15:30-17:30 CET)
During World War II, the Nazi regime and its collaborators orchestrated on an unprecedented scale a system of confiscation, coercive transfer, looting, and destruction of cultural objects in Europe. This webinar explores World War…