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HOURS:
Thurs, Sat & Sun 11am-5pm
Thurs 10am-11am senior and high risk hours
Fri 11am-10pm (free admission 6-10pm)
ADMISSION:
$19 Adults
$14 Seniors, Students, Visitors with disabilities
Children (12 and under) and members free

Tsherin Sherpa (American, b. 1968, Nepal); Luxation 1; 2016; acrylic on sixteen stretched cotton canvases; each 18 x 18 in. (45.7 x 45.7 cm); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund; 2017.195a–p
Tsherin Sherpa (American, b. 1968, Nepal); Luxation 1; 2016; acrylic on sixteen stretched cotton canvases; each 18 x 18 in. (45.7 x 45.7 cm); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund; 2017.195a–p

Vajrabhairava; Sino-Tibetan; 15th century or later; polychromed wood; 53 1/4 x 50 3/4 x 30 3/4 in. (135.3 x 128.9 x 78.1 cm); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund; 93.13a–oo
Vajrabhairava; Sino-Tibetan; 15th century or later; polychromed wood; 53 1/4 x 50 3/4 x 30 3/4 in. (135.3 x 128.9 x 78.1 cm); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund; 93.13a–oo

Yama Dharmaraja; Tibet, 18th century; pigments on cloth; image 21 3/4 x 14 1/8 in. (55.2 x 35.9 cm); Rubin Museum of Art, New York; gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin; C2006.66.409; photograph by Bruce M. White; Rubin Museum of Art, 2009
Yama Dharmaraja; Tibet, 18th century; pigments on cloth; image 21 3/4 x 14 1/8 in. (55.2 x 35.9 cm); Rubin Museum of Art, New York; gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin; C2006.66.409; photograph by Bruce M. White; Rubin Museum of Art, 2009
Awaken: A Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment
March 12, 2021–January 3, 2022
Organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Curated for the Rubin Museum of Art by Elena Pakhoutova
This traveling exhibition guides visitors on a journey toward enlightenment, showcasing the power of Tibetan Buddhist art to focus and refine awareness. “Awaken” features works from the 7th to 21st centuries drawn largely from the collections of the Rubin Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Masterworks: A Journey Through Himalayan Art
January 29, 2021 – January 8, 2024
This regularly changing exhibition at the Rubin explores major strands in the development of Himalayan art, covering a period of over one thousand years and featuring objects drawn primarily from the Rubin Museum’s collection.