{"id":116120,"date":"2025-10-11T20:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T20:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/116120\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T20:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T20:10:13","slug":"the-rubin-names-2025-art-prize-research-and-art-projects-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/116120\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rubin Names 2025 Art Prize, Research and Art Projects Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, which closed its brick and mortar New York space in 2024 and now operates as a \u201cglobal museum,\u201d<\/a> has named the recipient of its annual art prize, as well as the grantees for its research and art projects.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe winner of the 2025\u00a0Rubin\u00a0Museum Himalayan Art Prize<\/a> is Khadhok<\/a> \u2013 Tibetan Artists\u2019 Collective. As part of the annual prize, which was established in 2024, recipients receive a $30,000 purse, making it the largest of its kind to support Himalayan artists. Winners are selected on the basis of having made \u201ca mark in creative and critically relevant dialogues between Himalayan art and contemporary life,\u201d according to a release. <\/p>\n

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\n\tEstablished in 2023, Khadhok is an artist collective based in Dharamshala, India, that offers dedicated space to contemporary visual artists to work on their practices. Its founding members include Lea Taake, Tashi Nyima, and Tenzin Melak. Photo by Tenzin Dorjee; they were inspired to form the group by the late Tibetan artist Jigme Choedak. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe were deeply moved when we first heard about the award,\u201d\u00a0Khadhok\u2019s founding members said in a statement. \u201cAs a young collective, being recognized by an institution with such a long history in Himalayan art makes us feel truly seen and valued. This recognition strengthens our confidence and encourages us to keep growing. Most importantly, it changes what is possible for Khadhok, allowing us to build a strong foundation that truly lasts and supports artists and our community for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Rubin\u2019s 2025 Research and Art Projects grantees were also selected with 15 projects receiving $200,000 total. Also launched in 2024, the grant program supports art and research initiatives that promote the rich cultural legacy and living traditions of the Himalayan regions.\u00a0The 15 projects were selected from 132 total applications, with grants<\/a> ranging in cost from $3,000 to $25,000, depending on the scale, impact, and needs of each respective project. The full list of grantees is listed below.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWorking with Himalayan art and living artists has been part of our approach since the\u00a0Rubin\u202fwas founded\u202fin 2004,\u201d\u00a0Jorrit Britschgi,\u00a0executive director of the Rubin\u00a0Museum of Himalayan Art, said in a statement. \u201cAs a museum without walls we hope to increase visibility and awareness of Tibetan and Himalayan art globally.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTogether, the\u00a0Rubin\u00a0Art Prize and\u00a0Rubin\u00a0Grants will provide\u00a0$230,000 in direct support to artists and researchers\u00a0working in connection to the Himalayan region.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe full list of Rubin Art Grantees is as follows:<\/p>\n

\n\tNawang Tsering & Jamyang Tenzin<\/strong>
Tibetan School Art Curriculum: Teaching Resources & Materials for Art Educators
$22,000<\/p>\n

\n\tVAST Bhutan<\/strong>
The Lungta Art Festival (LAF) 2026
$15,000<\/p>\n

\n\tTenzin Tsering (Tenzoni)
<\/strong>Threads of Camp Mountain
$15,000<\/p>\n

\n\tKhyenle<\/strong>
Lima Bronze Snow Leopard Art Project \u2013 Recycling with Cultural Heritage
$18,000<\/p>\n

\n\tWhite Crane Films<\/strong> (Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam)
The Earth Is My Witness
$12,000<\/p>\n

\n\tHuman Clay Productions CIC<\/strong>
Weaving the Threads of Bhutanese Heritage
$18,500<\/p>\n

\n\tLujan Rai Dongol<\/strong>
Wheel of Life \u2013 A Contemporary Reimagining of Samsara
$5,000<\/p>\n

\n\tThe full list of Rubin Research Grantees is as follows:<\/p>\n

\n\tStudio Nyandak<\/strong>
Documenting and Safeguarding Zanskar\u2019s Buddhist Heritage\u202f
$25,000<\/p>\n

\n\tTreasure Caretaker Training<\/strong>
Preservation of Buddhist Art in Mongolia: Research and Training for Painters and Community Members in Charge of Conservation in Remote Areas
$20,000<\/p>\n

\n\tLoden Foundation<\/strong>
Documenting Thangkas and Religious Artifacts of Sumtrhang Samdrup Ch\u00f6dzong \u202f
$19,500<\/p>\n

\n\tChiara Bellini<\/strong> (with Edoardo Ferrari and Sabrina Ciolfi)
Feeding the Fire or Worshipping the Ashes? Divergent and Controversial Approaches to the Restoration of Himalayan Artworks
$12,500<\/p>\n

\n\tDawa Gyalpo, Tandin Paljor, and Shiriin Barakzai
<\/strong>Documenting Cham Dances in Kham
$6,250<\/p>\n

\n\tKalzang Dorjee Bhutia
<\/strong>Reuniting the Temple: Recovering and Returning Sikkimese Buddhist Knowledge and Material Culture from Museums to Mountains
$5,250<\/p>\n

\n\tSuyog Prajapati
<\/strong>Assembling Courtyard Cities: Architecture and Monasticism in the Kathmandu Valley (ca. 15th\u201318th Century)\u202f
$3,000<\/p>\n

\n\tBriana Brightly<\/strong>
Anatomy of the Buddha: Visualizing the Body in Tibetan Medicine, 1687\u20131900
$3,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, which closed its brick and mortar New York space in 2024 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[71359,365,362,363,364,366,18,117,12286,19,17,71360,71362,71363,71361],"class_list":{"0":"post-116120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-art-prizes","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-artsdesign","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-eire","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-grants","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-khadhok","20":"tag-rubin-museum-of-art","21":"tag-rubin-museum-research-and-art-projects-grants","22":"tag-rubinu00a0museum-himalayan-art-prize"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}