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Gateway to Himalayan Art

Chakrasamvara with Consort Vajravarahi; Kham province, eastern Tibet; 19th century; Pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art; Gift of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation; F1997.7.2 (HAR 99)

Gateway to Himalayan Art is a traveling exhibition for colleges, universities, and art museums that introduces the main forms, concepts, meanings, and living traditions of Himalayan art. It is part of the Rubin’s flagship educational initiative Project Himalayan Art: a resource that aims to support the inclusion of Tibetan, Himalayan, and Inner Asian art and cultures into undergraduate teaching on Asia as well as present Himalayan art to the general public.

September 12–December 7, 2025

Flaten Art Museum
St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota

Past

Exterior of Harn Museum of Art
February 13, 2024–July 28, 2024

Harn Museum of Art
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

The Rubin is looking for traveling venues beyond 2026. The Rubin covers the cost of traveling the exhibition to university museums through 2026. We are fundraising with plans to subsidize its travel beyond 2026.

Contact [email protected] if you are interested in bringing this exhibition to your college, university, or art museum.

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