The soft ring of singing bowls and the warm waft of dumplings cut through the chatter of La Cumbre Plaza as the Museum of Tibetan Art & Culture and Legacy Art Studios held its “Grandest Opening” on November 21.
At the center of the celebration was Lama Tashi Norbu, a Tibetan Buddhist lama, contemporary artist, and founder of the Museum of Contemporary Tibetan Art in the Netherlands.
Internationally recognized for blending traditional Tibetan iconography with modern Western styles, Norbu trained at monasteries in Tibet before studying at European art academies, developing a hybrid approach merging thangka techniques with performance and art…