Karen Greenspan attends a program of Buddhist heritage conservation events curated in New York City by the non-profit Treasure Caretaker Training
Exploring the Shanxi tradition of Iron Buddha statues, which have left an indelible mark on Chinese Buddhist art and aesthetics
Sustainable techniques in thangka conservation and documentation
Tracing movements in 20th century Japanese art-making
On meeting a pioneering woman: feminism, Buddhism…
At the confluence of the traditional and the…
Pathways for communicating the sublime
A dance by any other name . . . would probably be better described, when looking at ancient and Asian dancing, including the dances of
Art for art’s sake has never been an overriding motivation in Tibetan culture or Tibetan Buddhism. For example, we can understand thangka painting, the sacred art of
Thangka paintings are Tibet’s most plentiful and portable form of sacred art. Less known and rarely seen are the highly prized appliqué thangkas. In fact, when I
Visually, there are two forms of language: one that has to be learned and one that communicates directly with the other-than-conscious part of our mind.
