Rubin Museum of Art - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Rubin Museum of Art. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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"The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan" Exhibition
Organized by the Honolulu Academy of Arts and the Department of Culture, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs of the Royal Government of Bhutan, The Dragon's Gift is a groundbreaking exhibition of rare (...)
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"Buddha in Paradise" Exhibition
In this exhibition, thirty paintings lay out the concept of "paradise" in Tibetan Buddhism, understood through different approaches and teachings, the most radical of which confronts us with the realization (...)
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"Red, Black, and Gold" Exhibition
This exhibition explores the three unique types of Himalayan painting in which color is used to invoke mood and emotion. Red is for alarm, power, and resolve. Black is for caution, fear, and protection. (...)
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"Earthly Immortals: Arhats in Tibetan Painting" Exhibition
This exhibition focuses on the high level of skill, sophistication, and creativity of Tibetan artists as they embraced Chinese ideas and combined them with distinctly Tibetan innovations in paintings of (...)
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From the Land of the Gods: Art of the Kathmandu Valley
Historically, the kingdoms of the Kathmandu Valley comprised the political, religious, and cultural entity known as “Nepal.” Located between India and Tibet, the Valley has been the crossroads of trans-Himalayan (...)
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Nepal in Black and White: Photographs by Kevin Bubriski
This exhibition presents a small portion of the work that Kevin Bubriski produced over his 35 years of visits to Nepal. The strong idiom of the black-and-white photography in both the early and later images (...)
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Bon: The Magic Word
Bon: The Magic Word is the first exhibition of art to illuminate the Bon, a religious and cultural group living in the Himalayas and Central Asia—a group almost unknown in the Western world. Bon culture (...)




