Wilson, Keith
Mr.
Wilson, Keith
Mr.
Chinese jades of the Neolithic through Han periods, bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, with particular interest in inscribed examples; Buddhist sculpture of the Six Dynasties period and Sui and Tang dynasties; Korean art of all periods.
Positions
- Curator of Ancient Chinese Art, Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 2006 -
Geographic Focus
- China Country
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Williams College
- M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- M.F.A., Princeton University
Research And Grants
Investigator On
- Goryeo Buddhist Paintings Project awarded by Cultural Heritage Administration
- Goryeo Buddhist Paintings: Year 2 awarded by Cultural Heritage Administration
- Goryeo Buddhist Paintings: Year 3 awarded by Cultural Heritage Administration
- Korean Art and Culture at the Smithsonian awarded by Republic of Korea-Ministry of Culture
- Korean Art and Culture at the Smithsonian awarded by Republic of Korea-Ministry of Culture
- Korean Art and Culture at the Smithsonian awarded by Republic of Korea-Ministry of Culture
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Li, Kin Sum, Liu, Yu, Ma, Guancong, Liu, Kwong Ip, Ng, Michael Kwok-Po, Liu, Haiwang, Wilson, Keith, Chen, Xueqing, Lee, Kin San, Fang, Qin, Poon, Johnny M., Qin, Xu, Chun, Tsz Hin, and Jiang, Haoran. 2024. "A “set” of ancient bronze bells excavated in Changsha, Hunan Province, China." Heritage Science, 12, (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-024-01377-0. 2024
- Li, Kin Sum, Liu, Haiwang, Wilson, Keith, Chen, Xueqing, Lee, Kin San, Fang, Qin, Qin, Xu, Liu, Yu, Chun, Tsz Hin, and Jiang, Haoran. 2024. "Potential scale of industrial outputs of the bronze bell casting industry in 500 BCE China." Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 16, (5). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-01979-6. 2024
- Wilson, Keith. 2024. "Shushi ronghe jianjie gujin — Anyang: gudai zhongguo zhi wangcheng jinianzhan 數實融合 鍵接古今 — “安陽: 古代中國之王城”紀念展 [Integrating Digital and Physical Realms, Bridging the Past and Present — Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings]." Mei cheng zai jiu 美成在久, (July 15) 6–20. 2024
- Wilson, J. Keith. 2023. "Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings." Arts of Asia, (Winter), 2023
- Wilson, Keith. 2016. ""Meiguo Huashengdun tequ Shimisen xuehui zang de Kezier bihua duanpian 美国华盛顿特区史 密森学会藏的克孜尔壁画残片 (Kizil wall painting fragments at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC),"." Xin meishu 新美術, 5 20–34. 2016
- Wilson, Keith. 2013. "Thinking Green: Chinese Jades Reworked in the Second Millennium BCE." Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society, 77 39–56. 2013
- Wilson, J. Keith. 2012. "The Singer Collection." Orientations, 43, (7) 58–59. 2012
- Wilson, J. Keith. 2011. "Chinese Art Now at the Freer and Sackler." Arts of Asia, 41, (5) 100–103. 2011
- Wilson, J. Keith. 2011. "Then and Now: Displaying Chinese Art at the Freer Gallery." Arts of Asia, 41, (5) 135–147. 2011
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Chapter
- Wilson, Keith. 2020. "Introduction." In Dragon's Roar: Chinese Literati Musical Instruments in the Freer and Sackler Galleries. Yang, Yuanzheng, editor. Munich, Germany: Hirmer Publishers. 2020
- Wilson, J. Keith and Flecker, Michael. 2010. "Dating the Belitung Shipwreck." In Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds. Krahl, Regina, Guy, John, Wilson, J. Keith, and Raby, Julian, editors. 35–37. Washington, D.C.: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Books. 2010
- Wilson, J. Keith and Wang, Daisy Yiyou. 2010. "The Early-Twentieth-Century 'Discovery' of the Xiangtangshan Caves." In Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan. Tsiang, Katherine R., Wilson, J. Keith, and Born, Richard A., editors. 104–129. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2010
- Wilson, J. Keith. 2007. "Korean Art Exhibitions in the U.S." In Exhibiting Korean Art. 222–263. Seoul: National Museum of Korea. 2007
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Webpage
- Douglas, Janet G. and Wilson, Keith. 2016. In Sync: Ancient Chinese bronze bells at the Smithsonian. 2016
- Wilson, Keith. 2016. Jades for Life and Death, a collection catalogue. 2016
- Wilson, Keith. 2015. Goryeo Buddhist Painting: A Closer Look, a collection catalogue. 2015
Editor Of
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Book
- Tsiang, Katherine R., Wilson, J. Keith, and Born, Richard A., editors. 2010. Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2010
- Krahl, Regina, Guy, John, Wilson, J. Keith, and Raby, Julian, editors. 2010. Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds. Washington, D.C.: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. 2010
Presentations
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Presentation
- Wilson, Keith. 2024. Ancient Chinese Jades at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art [presentation]. Jade Studies Seminar, August 20, 2024. Shanghai Museum.
- Wilson, Keith. 2019. Collecting Networks: A Social History of Chinese Art in America [presentation]. Chinese Art in the West, March 23, 2019. Shanghai, China.
- Wilson, Keith. 2019. Designing digital catalogues [presentation]. Shenzhou guoguang: Wang Zhongxiu's archive and Huang Binhong's art, March 19, 2019. Hangzhou, China.
- Wilson, Keith. 2018. Jades for Life and Death: A Template for Museum Digital Publications [presentation]. Digital Asian Art History, October 26, 2018. Chicago, Illinois.
- Wilson, Keith J. 2022. Korean Art in the United States: A Forum [presentation]. June 9, 2022. The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: The Korean Cultural Center in Washington, DC.
