Curator Tour | The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas

Schedule

Wed May 08 2024 at 12:00 pm

Location

1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20560 | Washington, DC

Cost: Free
Join us for a curator tour of the exhibition The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas led by Emma Natalya Stein, the museum’s assistant curator of South Asian and Southeast Asian art. Experience highlights from our collections on religious and practical knowledge across time, space, and cultures. Featuring stone sculptures, gilt bronzes, and painted manuscripts from India, Nepal, Tibet, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia, this exhibition illuminates the critical role of visual culture in conveying Buddhist and Hindu teachings from the ninth to the twentieth centuries.
Image Credit: Detail, Book cover, probably for the Dharani Samgraha (Collection of Dharani-Mantras), Nepal, 1650–1700, opaque watercolor on wood, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Joyce and Kenneth Robbins, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2000.88.1–2

Where is it happening?

1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20560

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Host or Publisher Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

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