Gateway to Himalayan Art

February 15–July 27, 2025
Utah Museum of Fine Arts
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

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.

Overview Travel Schedule Exhibition Objects Installation Views

An exterior photograph of the Utah Museum of Fine Art

February 15–July 27, 2025

Utah Museum of Fine Arts
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Fall 2025

Flaten Art Museum
St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota

An exterior photograph of the Schnitzer Museum of Art

Spring 2026

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

An exterior photograph of the entrance of the USC Pacific Asia Museum

Fall 2026

USC Pacific Asia Museum
University of Southern California
Pasadena, California

August 28–December 12, 2024

Frank Museum of Art
Otterbein University
Westerville, Ohio

February 13, 2024–July 28, 2024

Harn Museum of Art
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

September 4, 2023–December 10, 2023

McMullen Museum of Art
Boston College
Boston, Massachusetts

January 31, 2023–May 26, 2023

Lehigh University Art Galleries
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA

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.

Gateway to Himalayan Art

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