Freer Medal Lecture and Award Ceremony honoring Gülru Necipoğlu

On Friday, October 27, 2023, the National Museum of Asian Art awarded its Freer Medal, a lifetime achievement award that honors individuals who have made substantial contributions to the understanding of the arts of Asia throughout their career, to Gülru Necipoğlu, the Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University’s History of Art and Architecture Department. Professor Necipoğlu was honored for her lifetime work of groundbreaking research that spans millennia of the art, history, and geography of the Islamic world. She delivered a lecture titled “From China to Europe: A Topkapı Palace Album (H.2153) with Images in the Persianate, Cathayan, and Frankish Manners (1350-1500).” The lecture was followed by an award ceremony, and a reception for invited guests.

You can view the lecture on the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art's YouTube page. Visit the award page, or see the Press Release for more information.