Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo’s art is a metaphor for spiritual awakening. Rinchen-Wongmo is a textile artist and caretaker of the sacred Tibetan Buddhist tradition of making thangkas or religious scroll ...

In a quiet space north of Questa in El Rito, something remarkable will unfold in a thangka painting workshop the weekend of ...

Tashi Norbu’s live painting performance, November 6, 2018, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Thangka simply means “Tibetan hanging scroll.

Most artists believe their practice is a form of meditation as it forces them to be completely present, focused on the activity and mindful of its outcome. Tibetan artist Anay Ngawang Chodak’s ...

In Nepal’s UNESCO-listed Bhaktapur, multi-generational artists keep thangka alive as both sacred practice and painstaking ...

Kinzang Chojay, a 38-year-old master of Buddhist thangka painting, unveiled his solo exhibition yesterday at the Buddhist Art Gallery in Kawajangsa, Thimphu. it Monk these traditional locked content ...

People visit an exhibition of Tibetan thangka painting in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Jan. 18, 2016. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen) If you are interested in Tibet and Tibetan culture, ...

In the famous bustling bazaar in Lhasa, Southwest China's Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region lies Bakuo Street, known to Tibetans as the "Holy Road," where visitors can see exquisite studios dedicated ...

From peaceful deities such as the 1,000-armed Avalokiteshvara and Goddess Tara to gods at the wrathful end of the scale – Yama, the god of death often seen enshrouded in flames; war goddess Begtse – ...

Thangka artists from Kathmandu, Nepal, will introduce a collection of hundreds of Buddhist thangka paintings during an exhibition this weekend at the Phap Van Pagoda. Thangka artists from Kathmandu, ...