WHEN:
September 19, 2024 – January 12, 2025
WHERE:
The Met Fifth Avenue
Robert Lehman Wing
Galleries 963-65
TICKETS:
For more information and tickets visit the Met website.
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
"...Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet will illuminate the thematic components of Tibetan mandalas—intricately designed diagrams developed to support Vajrayana Buddhist practice—and introduce how specific iconography helped individuals on the path to enlightenment. Each gallery addresses a significant aspect of Tibetan artistic production: teachers who interpreted esoteric texts and established monastic lineages; bodhisattvas who help the devout on their spiritual path; protectors that rid the world of evil and protect the Buddhist teachings; and tantric deities as evocations of enlightenment. The final gallery will contain a seminal group of mandalas, complex diagrams that integrate deities and iconography seen in the other galleries. As conceived within Tibetan Buddhism, ultimately it is the mandala and the associated tantric ritual that has the potential to offer access to true reality. At the center of the exhibition, Tenzing Rigdol's contemporary mandala will depict some of the concerns of today’s world, addressing issues related to climate change and the social responsibilities of the individual..."
