"Painting thangka is time-consuming and requires sincerity and patience," he says. "It takes an artist weeks, or even months, to finish a painting." The pieces he brought to New York took an ...

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Often known as the happiest country in the world, Bhutan – a nation tucked away in the Himalayan mountains – is home to thousands of priceless thangka paintings. Thangkas are Tibetan ...