The Rubin is transforming. On October 6, 2024, the Rubin will close its 17th Street galleries and transition into a global museum model, continuing to present Himalayan art through traveling exhibitions, digital experiences, and collaborations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and beyond. To mark the transition, join us for a 17th Street Farewell Party and toast to the Rubin’s next chapter.

Enjoy free admission, cocktails, live DJ music by DJ Rekha, and a dance party.
Visit our 20th-anniversary exhibition, Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now. The Museum-wide exhibition features artworks by over 30 contemporary artists, many from the Himalayan region and diaspora and others inspired by Himalayan art and cultures. The entire Museum is transformed by new commissions and recent works juxtaposed with objects from the Rubin’s collection, inviting new ways of encountering traditional Himalayan art. The exhibition will travel next to Wrightwood 659 in Chicago, where it will open on November 8, 2024.

About the DJ

DJ Rekha pioneered merging bhangra and Bollywood sounds with contemporary electronic dance music. Her debut album, DJ Rekha Presents Basement Bhangra, features a track with Wyclef Jean and was released by E1 Music. She is the founder of Basement Bhangra and Bollywood Disco and cofounder of Mutiny Club nights. Named “Ambassador of Bhangra” by the New York Times, she has done remixes for artists ranging from Meredith Monk to Priyanka Chopra. Rekha has received numerous community awards, and in 2009 she was inducted into New York City’s People’s Hall of Fame. She has curated events for Celebrate Brooklyn and Central Park SummerStage and has performed at the White House for President Barack Obama as well as internationally. DJ Rekha was a Grand Marshall of the 9th Annual NYC Dance Parade in 2015. In January 2017 she was one of the official DJs for the historic Women’s March on Washington, DC.

Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now is supported by Bob and Lois Baylis, Barbara Bowman, Daphne Hoch Cunningham and John Cunningham, Noah P. Dorsky, Marina Abramović Institute (MAI), Mimi Gardner Gates, Fred Eychaner, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, Jack Lampl, Dan Gimbel of NEPC, LLC, Agnes Gund, New York Life, Matt and Ann Nimetz, Namita and Arun Saraf, The Prospect Hill Foundation, Eileen Caulfield Schwab, Taipei Cultural Center in New York, and UOVO.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

The Rubin Museum’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.