The first comprehensive survey of Sri Lankan art organized by an American museum, The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka, on show now at the LACMA in Los Angeles, California, presents some 250 works addressing nearly two millennia of Sri Lankan history and art. Featuring LACMA's rarely displayed collection of Sri Lankan art—one of the finest and most extensive in the U.S.—the exhibition presents a timely exploration and celebration of a geographically complex, ethnically diverse South Asian nation. In this exclusive interview, James Blake Wiener, Ancient History Encyclopedia's Communications Director, speaks to curators Dr. Robert L. Brown and Dr. Tushara Bindu Gude about this groundbreaking exhibition and Sri Lanka's important role in South Asian art history.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original interview at https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1297/interview-bejeweled-sri-lanka/.
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