Dunhuang: Exhibiting and Preserving an Artistic Legacy
VIEW EVENT DETAILSRemarkably preserved in the Silk Road desert, Dunhuang’s grottoes have astounded visitors for nearly 17 centuries. Merchants, officials, and aristocrats enshrined Buddhist culture through commissioned art in Dunhuang’s caves.
In 2016, the Getty Center will present the first major U.S. exhibition on Dunhuang’s Buddhist grottoes. In this unique program, Dr. Mimi Gates, Director Emerita of Seattle Art Museum and chairman of the Dunhuang Foundation, will discuss the intricate process of conveying the beauty and spirituality of the caves’ many devotional images. Fan Jinshi, Director Emerita of the Dunhuang Academy, joins Dr. Gates to present about conservation issues facing the caves.
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Performing arts and cultural programs at Asia Society Texas Center are made possible through generous support from Bank of America, the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance, the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, The Clayton Fund, and Mickey Rosenau & Dr. Ellen Gritz, with additional support from the Favrot Fund. Funding is also provided from Friends of Performing Arts & Culture at Asia Society Texas Center. This program is presented in collaboration with Dunhuang Foundation; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Chung-Mei Buddhist Temple; and the History Department and Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University.
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