Nancy Tingley Books in Order

Nancy Tingley surveys Doris Duke's collection of Southeast Asian art, assembled largely from Thailand, Burma and Laos. The illustrated catalog presents sculpture, textiles, furnishings and other works while documenting the collection before its distribution among museums.

This exhibition catalog traces Vietnamese art from the first millennium BCE through the eighteenth century. Essays examine burial jars, bronze drums, jewelry and ceramics, connecting the works to regional cultures, trade networks and the port of Hoi An.

Nancy Tingley examines depictions of buddhas across countries and centuries, exploring how visual differences express variations in Buddhist belief. Images ranging from early narrative representations to jeweled Thai figures illuminate the cultures that created these devotional works.

This exhibition catalog presents Nepalese art from California collections, focusing on the Newar traditions of the Kathmandu Valley. Hindu and Buddhist paintings and sculptures appear alongside tribal works from the middle hills, revealing contrasting forms of artistic expression.

Curator Jenna Murphy investigates whether a Cambodian stone head newly acquired by her museum is stolen or fake. An art collector's murder draws her into a dangerous case among dealers and collectors in Thailand and Cambodia.

Jenna Murphy travels to Ubud to study Balinese painting but discovers the murdered body of expatriate artist Flip Hendricks. Working with detective Wayan Tyo, she examines possible links to his paintings as threats to her own safety increase.