Mandalic

The atrium of the Robert Lehman wing of the Met has been turned into a giant (secular) mandala by Tibetan American artist Tenzing Rigdol. The whole is called "Biography of a Thought," whose acronym - BOAT - appears on the left edge of the first panel, as a figure, representing the painter, is pitched from it into

one of many mandala-inspired circles, reflected in the handmade carpet below, which incorporate symbols of contemporary challenges (like George Floyd). These bob in an agitated ocean beneath a segmented sky on three sides before one arrives at calm sea. The exhibition itself unspools in the rooms surrounding.