NEWARK, NJ.- The Newark Museum celebrates a 100-year milestone in 2011, the formation and exhibition of its internationally acclaimed Tibetan collection. Since the first group of 150 objects was initially displayed in 1911, the Newark Museum has become…
Leading Tibetan Art Collector Gets 15 Years in Jail
BEIJING (REUTERS).- A Chinese court in the far western region of Xinjiang has sentenced a leading Tibetan collector of antiquities and environmentalist to 15 years in jail for robbing graves, his lawyer said on Friday. Karma Samdup was sentenced on Thu…
First Exhibition of Contemporary Tibetan Art in a New York City Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- There is no Tibetan equivalent for the word “art” as it is known in the West. The closest approximation is lha dri pa, literally, “to draw a deity.” Traditionally, neither the Tibetan language nor the Tibetan cultural…
The Rubin Museum of Art Presents Contemporary Tibetan Artists
NEW YORK, NY.- There is no Tibetan equivalent for the word
“art” as it is known in the West. The closest approximation is lha dri
pa,
literally, “to draw a deity.” Traditionally, neither the Tibetan
language nor
the Tibetan cultu…