Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945

June 11, 2016 to January 1, 2017 - The exhibition Features a wide range of media sculpture, painting, prints, ceramics, lacquerware, jewelry, textiles, furniture, and graphic ephemera this traveling exhibition brings Japanese art deco to Washington for the first time. It builds on the passion that Hillwood founder Marjorie Merriweather Post had for decorative art, focusing on her most transformative era, when she epitomized the flapper lifestyle and developed her own taste for finely-crafted objects. Displayed among multiple buildings upon the 25-acre campus, Deco Japan will also bring focus to the Japanese-style Garden, one of Hillwood’s most beloved features.