Mélodie Doumy’s book is not only an accompaniment to a great exhibit, but also a fine distillation of Dunhuang’s story ambitiously told by the British Library
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The British Library’s “A Silk Road Oasis” – an ambitious story of the Silk Road’s finest textual treasures
A landmark exhibit, “A Silk Road Oasis,” is showing at the British Library in London from 27 September 2024 to 23 February 2025
Dunhuang Academy’s deputy head Zhang Xiaogang on the mission of the Institute of Archaeology
The “Mona Lisa of the East” at the Mogao Grottoes is one of many priceless inspirations for an ambitious, 30-year-long initiative to save the caves
Exploring Li Yong-jun’s studio of Dunhuang art
Li Yong-jun is one of Dunhuang’s famous contemporary painters of quality replica art from the grottoes
A Tantric Story: The Visvavajra Presence at Dunhuang and Sino-Tibetan Esotericism
Dr. Shella Li Shen reveals the Sino-Tibetan esoteric heritage of Dunhuang, from its period of Tibetan rule to the Tangut Empire
From the Capitals to the Corridor: A Visit to China’s Silk Road
Bringing heritage sites and religious doctrine together in a dialogue for our Buddhism in the People’s Republic project
Irene Lok’s Dunhuang: Understanding the Gaze of the Bodhisattva
A Dunhuang scholar takes her research and writing to the international stage with a fellowship at Robinson College, Cambridge
On The Hunt for the Water Moon Guanyin in “Pre-Genghis Esoteric North Asia”
From the Yulin Caves in Guazhou to Abu Dhabi, from the Tang to the Tangut… striking connections between an auctioned statue by Bonhams and other sacred images take us on a voyage across time and space to find the Water Moon Guanyin “hiding” in Pre-Genghis North Asia
Encore Dunhuang: A Contemporary Silk Road Show of Olympian Ambition
Reviewing China’s largest-scale mixed media performance of Silk Road history and characters
Art and Culture Brought to Life: Speaking with Lucy Guan of the Dunhuang Research Academy
Lucy Guan’s leadership of the “Mogao xueyuan” is bringing the digital and educational brand of the Dunhuang Research Academy to new heights