50 posts tagged Contemporary Art Forms
Construction and Destruction
A collaboration between an artist and neuroscientist demonstrates how making art can lead to healing
A Fresh Approach
Turning junk and discarded objects into art offers more than just a new perspective
some men go to Mars, others pay attention to the Earth
What a story from the past can teach us about the present
Where Two Worlds Collide
An artist merges her cultural heritage with childhood cartoons
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
The Bus Stops Here
Finding inspiration in community and daily life
Meltdown Samsara
An artist faces a frightening part of herself and learns how to let go
Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now: Teaser Video
Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now contemplates and celebrates what Himalayan art means now with a Museum-wide exhibition of artworks by over 30 contemporary artists, many from the Himalayan region and diaspora.
In the Presence of Art
How artists in Nepal help foster healing and bring a sense of inner peace
Breathing Is Fundamental
Can breathing in sync with others help us learn more about ourselves and the world around us?
Finding the Divine in a Creative Life
Allyson Grey's secret writing and visionary art
Celestial Visions in Three Dimensions
How Pema Namdol Thaye builds mandalas, bringing cosmic realms to life
Emotional Rescue
To be fully alive, embrace your ever-changing brain
Wake Up to Find Out
A short strange trip from chaos to enlightenment
Circle in the Square
How the Mandala Lab builds on the Rubin Museum's storied architecture
Lee Mingwei in Measure Your Existence
A series on the artists from the exhibition
Meiro Koizumi in Measure Your Existence
A series on the artists from the exhibition
Shilpa Gupta in Measure Your Existence
A series on the artists from the exhibition
Tehching Hsieh in Measure Your Existence
A series on the artists from the exhibition
A Stunning Spectacle of Astonishing Things Happening
The renowned theater and opera director Peter Sellars discusses his passion for bringing a two-thousand-year-old Buddhist sutra to the stage
Intangible Connections Between You and Me: An Interview with Lee Mingwei
The artist reflects on the lasting impact of an early memory and his mother's gift
Sacred Threads
Why preserve art when nothing lasts forever
We Are All Steadily Heading Toward Death: Taryn Simon and Photography
An artist’s system for mapping blood, time, and narrative
Alien-Nation: And the Voice of Shahidul Alam
The Bangladeshi photographer and activist risks his freedom for protest
Art and Acts of Resistance in Clapping with Stones
Challenging traditional power structures through poetic, subversive artistic gestures
POWER OBJECT: LISA ROSS
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: E. V. DAY
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: BEN VENOM
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: KEMBRA PFAHLER
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found
POWER OBJECT: JACK WATERS
Contemporary artists share their personal talismans both made and found

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