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Unknown Tibet: The Tucci Expeditions and Buddhist Painting features stunning paintings collected by Italian scholar Giuseppe Tucci during his 1926-1948 expeditions to Tibet, and striking photography of his travels. The paintings — on loan from the Museum of Civilisation-Museum of
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Events
Artist Talk
Tue, Mar 6, 2018 from 6:30 – 8:00pm UTC
Join contemporary Tibetan artist Gonkar Gyatso in a conversation with Katherine Paul (Newark Museum) and Melissa R. Kerin (Washington and Lee University) to explore his internationally recognized art. Gyatso is best known for mixing Buddhist iconography with pop imagery to examine the complexities of defining identity when different cultures simultaneously coexist and conflict. Learn more at AsiaSociety.org/NY
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725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street)
New York, NY, US
Tue – Sun, 11am – 6pm
Fri 11am – 9pm (mid – September through June).
Closed Mondays and major holidays.
