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Indian Highway at the Serpentine Gallery
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 5:24 PM

10 December 2008 to 22 February 2009 Serpentine Gallery Kensington Gardens London W2 3XA (0)20 7402 6075 Indian Highway presents a snapshot of artists working in India today. The show includes work by well-known and up-and-coming artists working across a wide range of media. A major exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery is accompanied by an exciting series of... Read More...

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Filed under: artists, technology, architecture, india, urban, film, economic boom, environmentalism, reeligious sectarianism, serpentine gallery, performance, dance, migration, media, class, indian highway, communities, information superhighway, sexuality, globalisation, gender, movement, literature, rural

Cosmic Design: Tibetan Mandala Exhibition
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:05 PM

Museum of East Asian Art 12 Bennett Street Bath BA1 2QJ Tel: +44 (0) 1225 464640 The centrepiece of this exhibition will be a visit by Tibetan Buddhist monks from the world renowned Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in India, from 14th- 19th of October. The monks will spend six days creating a sand mandala, which they will destroy in a traditional ritual during a ceremony... Read More...

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Filed under: bath, india, museaum of east asian art, hindu, sand mandala, vibrations, sandpainting, pulteney bridge, perfect worlds, tibetan mandala exhibition, cosmic design, river avon, destroyed, chak-pur, traditional ritual, buddhist monks, tashi lhunpo monastery, lesson in impermanence

Miniature Tibetan Buddhist Paintings from Mongolia
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:32 PM

Museum of East Asian Art 12 Bennett Street Bath BA1 2QJ Tel: +44 (0) 1225 464640 The miniature paintings, often called tsagli, generally depict buddhas and other deities – some peaceful, some wrathful – and are commonly referred to as “initiation cards”. Although the artistic styles closely follow that of Tibetan precedent, references to Mongolian history and... Read More...

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Filed under: bath, buddhas, tsagli, miniature tibestan buddhist paintings from mongolia, china, india, initiation cards, nepal, deities, museaum of east asian art