Jeff Watt

Jeff Watt, is a leading scholar and curator of Tibetan and Himalayan art, and well known translator of Tibetan texts.[1]

Since 1998 he has been the Director and Chief Curator of the Himalayan Art Resources (HAR) website, probably the most comprehensive on-line resource for Himalayan art and iconography that features thousands of artworks from Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and Mongolia with a catalog of over 60,000 images written by Watt. From October 1999 until October 2007 Watt was also the founding Curator and leading scholar at the Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in New York City which houses one of the largest collections of Himalayan and Tibetan art in North America.[2]

Publications

Curated exhibitions

References

  1. "Published Authors". The Treasury of Lives:a Biographical Encyclopedia of Himalayan Religion. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  2. "Jeff Watt - Profile". Himalayan Art Resources. Retrieved 26 December 2013.

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