WASHINGTON -- Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria will co-chair the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's "Yoga: The Art of Transformation" exhibit gala this fall, the actor announced in a tweet Wednesday.



Hilaria Baldwin is a yoga instructor, which may explain the New York-based couple's interest in the Washington, D.C. exhibit. In May, she shared with HuffPost her yogic secret to avoiding anxiety at bedtime:


This may sound strange, but I get out of bed and do a few yoga postures on the floor. My husband thinks I’m strange but it works! After, I lie back down and breathe deeply and sleep like a baby.

Watch Alec and Hilaria Baldwin do yoga together at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival:


"The Art of Yoga" last month mounted a crowdfunding campaign that aims to raise $125,000 for the exhibit, which is scheduled to open October 19.





  • Three Aspects of the Absolute


    Folio 1 from the Nath Charit Bulaki India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur, 1823 (Samvat 1880) Opaque watercolor, gold and tin alloy on paper, 47 x 123 cm Mehrangarh Museum Trust, RJS2399




  • Yogini on Owl


    India, Uttar Pradesh, Kannauj, ca. 1000-1050 CE Sandstone, 86.4 x 43.8 x 24.8 cm San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with the John and Karen McFarlin Fund and Asian Art Challenge Fund, 90.92




  • Yogini


    India, Tamil Nadu, Kanchipuram, ca. 900-975 Metagabbro, H x W x D: 116 x 76 x 43.2 cm Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Gift of Arthur M. Sackler, S1987.905




  • Yogini with Mynah


    By the Dublin painter India, Karnataka, Bijapur, ca. 1603-4 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 42 x 32 cm Chester Beatty Library, 11A.31




  • Mystery girl: why can’t she be killed?


    Look Magazine USA, Iowa, Des Moines, September 28, 1937 Private Collection, H x W: 34.1 × 26.6 cm




  • Jina


    India, Rajasthan, probably vicinity of Mount Abu, dated 1160 Marble, 59.69 x 48.26 x 21.59 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund, 2000.98




  • Siddha Pratima Yantra


    Western India, dated 1333 Bronze , 21.9 x 13.1 x 8.9 cm Freer Gallery of Art, F1997.33




  • Shiva Bhairava


    India, Karnataka, Mysore, 13th century Chloritic schist, 116.6 x 49.23 cm The Cleveland Museum of Art: John L. Severance Fund, 1964.369




  • Vishnu Vishvarupa


    India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, ca. 1800-20 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 38.5 x 28cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Given by Mrs. Gerald Clark, IS.33-2006




  • Garbhasana (womb posture)


    Folio from the Ocean of Life (Bahr al-Hayat) India, Allahabad, ca.1600-1604 CE Opaque watercolor on paper, 22.2 x 13.9 cm Chester Beatty Library, In16.18r




  • Satcakranirupanicitra


    Swami Hamsvarupa Trikutvilas Press, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India, 1903 Book, 26.2 × 34.5 × 0.4 cm Wellcome Library, London, Asian Collections, 30525689




  • The Chakras of the Subtle Body


    Folio 4 from the Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati By Bulaki India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur, dated 1824 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 122 x 46 cm Mehrangarh Museum Trust, RJS2376




  • The Prince in Danger


    from The Magic Doe Woman (Mrigavati) Attributed to Haribans, 1603-4 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 28.3 x 17 cm Chester Beatty Library, Credit Line, In 37.28r




  • Battle at Thaneshwar


    from the Akbarnama Composed by Basawan and painted by Asi India, Mughal dynasty, ca. 1590-5 Opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paper, 38.1 x 22.4 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London, IS.2:62-1896




  • Bifolio from the Gulshan Album


    India, Mughal dynasty, ca. 1600-1625 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 53.5 x 40 cm Staatsbibliothek zu Berline – Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Orientabteilung, Libri pict. A 117




  • Group of Yogis


    Colin Murray for Bourne & Shepherd, ca. 1880s Albumen print, 22.2 x 29.2 cm Collection of Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck, 2011.02.02.0004




  • T. Krishnamacharya Asanas


    India, Mysore, 1938 Digital copy of a lost black & white film, 57 min. Sponsored by Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodiyar ELS2013.1.77