Smithsonian Opens Exhibit on Art of Yoga

THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Yoga: The Art of Transformation" exhibit at the Smithsonian's
Sackler Gallery includes items that showcase the history of yoga.

WASHINGTON, DC - Yoga is moving from the studio mat to the museum gallery.The Smithsonian Institution has organized what curators believe is the first exhibition about the visual history and art of yoga, its origins and evolution over time. The Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery will showcase the exhibit, "Yoga: The Art of Transformation," through January. Later, it will travel to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Curators brought together Indian sculptures, manuscripts and paintings, as well as posters, illustrations, photographs and films to showcase yoga's history. [link]