Jorrit Britschgi

Prayer flags co-created by artists and Rubin Museum visitors hanging outside of the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City

October 11, 2024 A Letter to Our Community: Gratitude and a Look Forward

Executive Director Jorrit Britschgi shares musings from the 17th Street Farewell Weekend at the Museum and looks forward to the Rubin’s new chapter as a global museum without walls.

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A New Chapter for the Rubin

As the Rubin Museum celebrates its 20th anniversary, it ushers in a new chapter as a global museum

Reflecting on the First Year of the Itumbaha Museum

The president of the Keshchandra Mahavihar Conservation Society shares what they’ve learned and what’s ahead.

Contemporary Himalayan Life Behind the Scenes Interviews

Behind the Scenes of the Development of the Itumbaha Museum

Rubin Museum Executive Director Jorrit Britschgi interviews Swosti Rajbhandari Kayastha, a scholar of Nepalese art and culture who serves as a lecturer of museum studies at Lumbini Buddhist University, about her role in the development of the Itumbaha Museum.

Contemporary Himalayan Life Behind the Scenes Interviews

Drawing as Meditative Practice

Artist Palden Weinreb explores how meditation and mantra guided his early practice.

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Impermanence of Identity

Members of The Yakpo Collective share how personal growth and the impermanence of identity have shaped them as young artists from the Tibetan diaspora.

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Resonating with Silence

Rubin Executive Director Jorrit Britschgi tells the story of the yogi and poet Milarepa, whose dark past and transformation highlight our ability to change and grow, despite tumultuous beginnings.

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Finding Ritual in the Mundane

Artist Youdhistir Maharjan shows that the repetitive and mundane can become a form of meditation.

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Destruction Can Inspire Creation

Rubin Executive Director Jorrit Britschgi introduces artist Tsherin Sherpa’s Wish-fulfilling Tree.

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A Journey Up the Museum’s Spiral Staircase

Take a guided tour of the Rubin's one-of-a-kind architectural feature

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