📣 Rubin grantee spotlight! In 2024 the Rubin launched the Rubin Grants program to support artists, creatives, and scholars in the field of Himalayan art. One of the 2024 Rubin x Research grant recipients was Dr. Karl Ryavec and Tenzin Nyandak of Studio Nyandak, a multidisciplinary design firm based in New York City, with a pro-bono satellite office of young Tibetan architects and engineers in Dharamsala, India. In collaboration with Dr. Karl Ryavec, a professor of heritage studies and author of A Historical Atlas of Tibet, Nyandak and his team led a yearlong effort to identify historic Tibetan Buddhist monasteries within thousands of U-2 film frames and digitize the imagery for public access. The full project will present an exhibition, publication, and digital database with identified sites. 📍 Read the full story and view their image library in "Tibet From Above" in #Spiral! #RubinMuseum #RubinGlobal