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Season 4 · TrailerWelcome to AWAKEN Season 4

Hosted by actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini, season 4 explores the Buddhist concept of attachment and how letting go can transform our experience of the world.

Podcasts AWAKEN

Where Two Worlds Collide

An artist merges her cultural heritage with childhood cartoons

Pop Culture Female Power Contemporary Art Forms

Mindfulness Meditation with Gegye Yongyal Tulku Rinpoche

Theme: Openness

Podcasts Mindfulness Meditation

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.

News & Events

Photograph taken at the top of a spiral staircase looking down onto an artwork of prayer flags flowing down the center.

Releasing Our Windhorses

An artist-in-residence reflects on her time at the Rubin

Behind the Scenes Contemporary Art Forms

Mindfulness Meditation with Kimberly Brown

Theme: Openness

Podcasts Mindfulness Meditation

A New Chapter for the Rubin

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

Mindfulness Meditation Spotlight on Women’s Leadership in American Buddhism

Theme: Transformation

Podcasts Mindfulness Meditation

Guests sitting in Rubin Museum at Beyond the Spiral Gala

October 1, 2024 The Rubin Hosts Beyond the Spiral: A Gala Celebrating the Next 20 Years

On September 27, 2024, the Rubin Museum hosted a gala to celebrate our 20th anniversary and launch as a global museum.

News & Events

September 30, 2024 Tenzin Gyurmey Dorjee Wins the New Annual Rubin Art Prize

This unrestricted $30,000 cash prize is the largest international award in support of contemporary art related to the greater Himalayan region.

News & Events

Mindfulness Meditation with Venerable Losang Gendun

Theme: Transformation

Podcasts Mindfulness Meditation

Full view of the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room exhibition at it's original home at the Rubin Museum

September 26, 2024 The Rubin’s Celebrated Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room Finds a New Home at the the Brooklyn Museum

In June 2025, the Rubin’s beloved Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room will open at the Brooklyn Museum as part of a long-term partnership between the two institutions.

News & Events

Mindfulness Meditation with Do Tulku Rinpoche

Theme: Transformation

Podcasts Mindfulness Meditation

A group of artists standing around a lost wax sculpture, admiring the piece

September 26, 2024 The Rubin Awards 17 Art Project and Research Grants in 2024, Totaling $200,000 in Support

The first cycle of grants were awarded to support artists, creatives, and scholars that are expanding awareness and understanding of Himalayan art globally.

News & Events

Mindfulness Meditation with Lama Aria Drolma

Theme: Transformation

Podcasts Mindfulness Meditation

Half-length portrait of woman in blue shirt with artworks in background.

Bidhata K C

Nepalese artist Bidhata K C finds inspiration in the centuries-old artistic traditions of her native country to create striking images of contemporary narratives.

Artists in Focus