Nepalese artist Amrit Karki will present new work commissioned by the Rubin at the 2026 sā Ladakh Biennale Nepal Nepalese artist IMAGINE debuts a new sculpture at Diversity Plaza on September 6 The Evolving Cultural Fabric of NepalExploring the history and impact of neo-cultural colonizationContemporary Himalayan Life Nepal PavilionThis collaboration led to the first-ever Nepal Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. Nepalese Connections Nepalese Seasons: Rain and RitualGautama V. Vajracharya; Rubin Museum of Art, 2016Read online A Circa 16th-Century Mask of Bhairava is Returned to Nepal The Rubin Museum partners with Nepal’s Keshchandra Mahavihara Conservation Society, Itumbaha, and the Museology Program of Lumbini Buddhist University to inaugurate the Itumbaha Museum in Kathmandu, the first of its kind in Nepal. The Rubin Museum of Art Adds Two Trustees, Including Nepali Artist Tsherin Sherpa [ss360-resultblock]
Nepalese artist Amrit Karki will present new work commissioned by the Rubin at the 2026 sā Ladakh Biennale
The Evolving Cultural Fabric of NepalExploring the history and impact of neo-cultural colonizationContemporary Himalayan Life
Nepal PavilionThis collaboration led to the first-ever Nepal Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia.
The Rubin Museum partners with Nepal’s Keshchandra Mahavihara Conservation Society, Itumbaha, and the Museology Program of Lumbini Buddhist University to inaugurate the Itumbaha Museum in Kathmandu, the first of its kind in Nepal.
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