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Thursday, March 28, 2024


Exhibition Public - USA & Canada

Masterworks: Jewels of the Collection

THE RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
150 W. 17 St.,,
New York NY 10011, USA
Mar 11, 2013 To Mar 11, 2015


Detail: Masterworks, a regularly rotating exhibition at the Rubin, explores major strands in the development of Himalayan art, covering a period of over 1,000 years, and presents some regional artistic traditions in their broad cultural, geographic, historical, and stylistic contexts. The 2014 iteration of this exhibition draws from the Rubin collection and long-term loans and incorporates a considerable number of new works gifted to the Museum recently.

Masterworks is organized geographically, showcasing the diversity of the art of Tibet over time and in relation to neighboring Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, China, and Mongolia. Highlights from this exhibition include a rare sixth to seventh century Gandharan Style Buddha from Afghanistan, recently purchased with funds from an anonymous donor; a newly acquired Nepalese manuscript folio with a depiction of Buddha Ratnasambhava from ca. 1200; a rich and colorful scroll painting of a group of protective deities from the late 18th century featuring a young Dalai Lama; and an embroidered image of Vajrapani produced under the guidance of Tibetan Buddhist teachers in an image-making technique perfected under the lavish patronage of the Chinese Ming court.

Phone No.: (212) 620-5000
Contact Name: Talia Shulze
Contact Email: [email protected]
Site URL: http://www.rubinmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/2523

Virupaksha, the Guardian King of the West
Virupaksha, the Guardian King of the West
China; Qing dynasty, 17th–18th century
clay, polychrome, stone eyes, wooden base, and interior armature

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