Recordings of monks chanting prayers and 124 objects fill the new enclosed Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room at the Brooklyn Museum. The immersive installation has paintings, sculptures, silk decorations, ...

Flickering light and faint sounds of chanting accompany the Rubin Museum of Art's expanded Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room, where visitors to the Chelsea museum can pause in a space of contemplation. The ...

There are about 500 million Buddhists worldwide, but it’s unclear exactly when in history this religion began. The Buddha’s life story spread first through oral tradition, and little physical evidence ...

The Mongolian collection of the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin contains a unique Gungervaa shrine. Among the objects found inside were three tiny scrolls, wrapped in silk. Using ...

The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room includes more than two hundred bronzes, paintings, silk hangings, and carpets that were created in Tibet, China, and Mongolia between the thirteenth and early ...

The exhibition Sacred Spaces opened at the Rubin Museum on October 23rd, with the intention of immersing visitors in the sacred art of the Himalayas. The centerpiece of the exhibit, an expanded ...

Step inside a flickering, incense-scented sanctuary—no passport required. This loan is part of a broader shift for the Rubin Museum, which, in early 2024, announced the closure of its New York City ...

The "Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room" at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC, assembled by Alice S. Kandell (all photos Melissa R. Kerin/Hyperallergic) The Rubin ...

This topic was previously covered here, here and here. Earlier last month, a group of students walked through a wooden door to a dimly lit room at the base of Harkness Tower. Arranged in the middle of ...

You don’t need to be a Zen master to appreciate this green-roofed Buddhist shrine in rural China. Designed by Arch Studio, the contemporary shrine is partially buried to minimize site disruption and ...