Rubin Museum of Art

Exhibition History

Explore the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art’s past exhibitions from its founding in 2004 to the present. Exhibitions range from scholarly to popular, including historical, cross-cultural, contemporary, photography, and interactive installations.

September 16, 2011–January 30, 2012Once Upon Many Times: Legends and Myths in Himalayan Art

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Photograph of woman with jewel above her eyebrows looking up and to the right, surrounded by tightly packed bodies with colorful fabrics.
July 22, 2011–November 13, 2011Human Currents: The World's Largest Pilgrimage as Interpreted by Hannes Schmid

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

Painting of colorful building with onion dome flanked by two spindly towers with Arabic writing in black ink above.
July 1, 2011–October 24, 2011Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

Five figures in colorful robes holding noisemakers in their hands and dancing.
May 13, 2011–September 19, 2011Quentin Roosevelt’s China: Ancestral Realms of the Naxi

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

Rug with geometric diamond shapes of dark blue, light blue, cream, red, and orange on larger squares of cream and blue.
April 8, 2011–August 22, 2011Patterns of Life: The Art of Tibetan Carpets

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

Close-up of human face painted red with white design between eyebrows and yellow designs on nose, cheeks, and forehead.
January 28, 2011–July 4, 2011Body Language: The Yogis of India and Nepal

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

Larger seated figure in yellow and red robes surrounded by smaller seated robed figures.
September 3, 2010–May 23, 2011The Nepalese Legacy in Tibetan Painting

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

Four shallow metal bowls containing mounds of white rice or yellow spice..
November 5, 2010–April 11, 2011Grain of Emptiness: Buddhism-Inspired Contemporary Art

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

Painting of larger kneeling figure in robes looking at baby wrapped in cloth accompanied by horse and cow with other animals and figures in background.
October 6, 2010–March 7, 2011Embodying the Holy: Icons in Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Tibetan Buddhism

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

February 2, 2008–February 7, 2011From the Land of the Gods: Art of the Kathmandu Valley

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

Black-and-white image of long horizontal building on rocky outcropping with mountains in background.
August 6, 2010–January 10, 2011A British Life in a Mountain Kingdom: Early Photographs of Sikkim and Bhutan

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

June 11, 2010–October 18, 2010Tradition Transformed: Tibetan Artists Respond

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

Statue of golden seated figure on pedestal in room surrounded by colorful but paintings of figures and architectural elements.
February 12, 2010–September 6, 2010Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

Painting of objects on a table, including a skull, pair of dice, recorder, tobacco, letter, hourglass, flowers, artist's palette, and small ceramic statue of chubby light-skinned naked child.
March 19, 2010–August 9, 2010Remember That You Will Die: Death Across Cultures

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

Black-and-white image of child leaning over math book and writing numbers in notebook in ink.
February 26, 2010–July 26, 2010In the Shadow of Everest: Photographs by Tom Wool

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

October 27, 2005–June 14, 2010What Is It?: Himalayan Art

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

December 11, 2009–May 10, 2010Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

September 18, 2009–February 15, 2010Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

Drawing of stylized two-headed bird with ornate blue, green, and gold patterns on red and black patterned background.
October 7, 2009–February 15, 2010The Red Book of C. G. Jung: Creation of a New Cosmology

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

August 14, 2009–January 11, 2010Mandala: The Perfect Circle

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

March 13, 2009–September 21, 2009Nagas: Hidden Hill People of India: Photographs by Pablo Bartholomew

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

June 12, 2009–September 9, 2009A Collector’s Passion: South Asian Selections from the Nalin Collection

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

February 6, 2009–August 17, 2009Patron and Painter: Situ Panchen and the Revival of the Encampment Style

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

March 13, 2009–July 13, 2009Stable as a Mountain: Gurus in Himalayan Art

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

December 12, 2008–May 11, 2009Color and Light: South Asian Embroidery

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

October 31, 2008–March 2, 2009The Last Nomads: Photographs by A Yin

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

September 19, 2008–January 5, 2009The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

May 2, 2008–November 10, 2008Red, Black, and Gold

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

March 14, 2008–October 13, 2008Nepal in Black and White: Photographs by Kevin Bubriski

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

April 4, 2008–August 18, 2008Earthly Immortals: Arhats in Tibetan Painting

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150 W. 17th St., NYC

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