
Magazine Arts & Culture
Beyond Shangri-la
Foreign photographers have shaped the Western images of Tibet. Now Tibetans are taking control of the camera.
Foreign photographers have shaped the Western images of Tibet. Now Tibetans are taking control of the camera.
Classically trained painter Tsherin Sherpa envisions the survival of a displaced Tibetan tradition.
Musician, artist, and activist Tamding Tsetan discusses his escape from Tibet, translating his culture through modern mediums, and why he won’t tattoo monks.
Tibet’s embattled Buddhist academy finds resurrection at New York exhibit
From a refugee with only one pencil, master artist Pema Rinzin’s modern take on Tibetan paintings now sell for as much as $100,000.
Over at Jeff’s Travel’s we read: Pema Rinzin is one of the only Tibetan artists that I know who has trained in the traditional way of “tangka” and mural painting and that has also successfully transitioned into contemporary painting while still creating and teaching the so-called traditional art. Jeff, ever emphasizing the importance of Buddhism’s […]
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