Ten years ago, a 60-yearold Tibetan Thangka artist Shedar spent a whole year drawing a Tibetan Thangka painting "Yamantaka," a God of Tibetan Buddhism with blue skin and 34 arms. Now this traditional ...

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 ...

"I treat my students as my own children and teach them how to paint thangka for free, I think it' s my destiny to carry forward this Tibetan traditional art form," said Tibetan thangka painter Norbu ...

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 – ...

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 ...

SARATOGA, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Tang Teaching Museum, along with two other area art institutions, has received a stunning collection of Tibetan thangka paintings from collector and curator Jack Shear.

A Tibetan-language drama feature depicting traditional Thangka painters has been selected for screening in the upcoming Cannes Film Festival this month, according to the film's director. The film's ...