The terrifying deity that protects Buddhist monasteries

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

Kurt Behrendt

October 23, 2013

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Curator Kurt Behrendt on a painting of Mahakala, Protector of the Tent

Kurt Behrendt
Associate Curator, Department of Asian Art

Photography by Eileen Travell
Selected tracks provided by APM Music

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