New York, 22 July 2011
The Rubin Museum will produce an 8-volume series of exhibition catalogues about Tibetan Thangka art, religious paintings made using a random material as canvas. This has been made possible with the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, which has granted the museum $270,000.
The Rubin Museum has often been praised by critics for its efforts to promote Himalayan art. The museum’s intercultural focus is gaining renown in the art world – it is rare for a museum to risk focusing on art forms that are not recognized or considered second-rate.
Dr David Jackson is a world specialist in Tibetan art. He initiated the museum catalogue, of which the proceeds will finance his next three books: Mirror of the Buddah: Early Painted Portraits from Tibet (2011), The Place of Provenance: Regional Styles in Tibetan Painting (2012) and Exploring the Styles of Drigung (2013).