New York philanthropist Dame Jillian Sackler is donating $5 million to the Smithsonian’s Asian art museum that bears her late husband’s name. The gift announced Tuesday to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery creates an endowment to support the director’s position at the Sackler and Freer galleries of art, on the National Mall. The gift marks the museum’s 25th anniversary. The Sackler Gallery is planning special exhibitions that will include installations by contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was detained for three months last year for speaking against the government. A series of Japanese art exhibits are planned for Washington’s cherry blossom season. — AP
