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The Dark Lord

Kurt Behrendt
2 min. watch

“It not only grabs my attention and pulls me into this alternate reality, but it plays very much with issues that I find threatening.”

Curator Kurt Behrendt on a painting of Mahakala, Protector of the Tent (ca. 1500).

Contributors

Kurt Behrendt
Associate Curator, Department of Asian Art

Photography by Eileen Travell
Selected tracks provided by APM Music

Art Mentioned

Mahakala, Protector of the Tent, Distemper on cloth, Central Tibet
Mahakala, Protector of the Tent
Central Tibet
ca. 1500

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