Alice Kandell and Curators Discuss Tibetan Art in Museums
Asia Week New York is hosting a free Zoom webinar titled 'Guardians of Tradition: How Tibetan Art Lives On through Museum Collections' on Tuesday, June 2 at 5 p.m. EDT. The event will feature collector Alice Kandell and leading curators in a conversation about the preservation and interpretation of Tibetan Buddhist art in museum collections. Kandell, a major collector of Tibetan religious art, has donated two complete Tibetan Buddhist shrine rooms—each containing over 200 sacred objects—to public institutions. The discussion will explore how these objects transition from private devotional spaces to public museums while retaining spiritual and cultural significance.
Key facts
- Event is a Zoom webinar on June 2 at 5 p.m. EDT
- Organized by Asia Week New York
- Title: 'Guardians of Tradition: How Tibetan Art Lives On through Museum Collections'
- Features collector Alice Kandell and leading curators
- Kandell is a significant collector of Tibetan religious art
- She donated two complete Tibetan Buddhist shrine rooms
- Each shrine room contains more than 200 sacred objects
- Event is free and requires registration
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- Asia Week New York