We humans have always had a fascination with the circle. We experience it throughout nature—in the spiral of the Milky Way, the orbiting planets, and the cycles of life itself. As children, we also ...

Patricia Lappin is a local mandala artist living in Westminster. When she was a child, she loved spirographs and kaleidoscopes, both because they focus on geometry and are a form of art. “I was always ...

There was more flaying than I expected, though not necessarily more than I wanted, at “Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet.” Any visitors going to the Met’s exhibition in search of ...