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By analyzing the chemical composition of pigments, Harvard’s Mapping Color in History initiative showcases a new layer of Indian art. Against a deep blue backdrop, sword-wielding demons attempt to disrupt a sacred ritual. Ram, who is dressed in a yellow...

Jinah Kims new book, Garlands of Visions: Color, Tantra, and a Material History of Indian Painting, explores the generative relationships between artistic intelligence and tantric vision practices in the construction and circulation of visual knowledge in...

Congratulations to Professor Jinah Kim for receiving grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The funds will go towards building an online database of South Asian paintings. Kim’s database can determine the age of a South Asian...

An exhibition co-curated by Professor Jinah Kim has been named in the New York Times' "Best of Art 2019" list. The exhibition "Dharma and Punya: Buddhist Ritual Art of Nepal" is currently on display at the Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy...

Ahead of the Nepal Mandala Symposium, The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute "sat down with Dr. Jinah Kim to learn more about Nepal’s artistic heritage, the role of ritual in Buddhism, and what to expect from the upcoming Symposium and...

Professor Kim along with colleagues from Holy Cross receive $100,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for their upcoming exhibit, “Dharma and Puṇya: Buddhist Ritual Art of Nepal.” For more details, see the write-up in the Harvard Gazzette.