Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art is the first major exhibition of its kind devoted to the impact of Buddhist pilgrimage on Asia’s artistic production. It highlights approximately 120 objects of importance ...

Shao Yi, “Producing Totem” (2010), wooden mold, dimensions variable (all images courtesy UCCA Center for Contemporary Art) BEIJING — Just as European art has long been influenced by that of nonwestern ...

The Mogao Caves in the desert of northwest China tell a story of art and Buddhism that began more than 1,500 years ago. Today, Princeton scholars are playing a key role as part of an international ...

Transforming Minds: Buddhism in Art showcases Buddhist works from the world-renowned Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III Collection of Asian Art along with contemporary works by leading Asian and ...

What was the Buddha’s great wisdom, and how do the artworks of the Buddhist tradition convey it to us today? Buddhist art has been created over two millennia across India, China, Japan and throughout ...

How the museum and Indian institutions overcame eight years of physical and diplomatic challenges to bring 125 rare Buddhist art works to New York. By Rachel Sherman What weighs more than 4,000 pounds ...

A major collection of Buddhist art from Japan, on only its second exhibition outside of the country, not only offers insights into one of the religion's major branches in the nation, but also a ...

McArthur, curator of East Asian Art at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, has set for herself no small task: to create a concise, accessible primer to the intricate world of Buddhist art. She ...

Over its long, 2,500 year old history, the art of Buddhism has undergone many changes, while staying true, in essence, to the Buddha’s tenets of liberation and compassion. The ways that these changes ...

For Mumbai based artist Umakant Tawde, next week is going to be a special one. Says the artist, “While Buddhism is all about exploring yourself and attaining the power of mind over body, self ...

Since World War II, buddhist ideas have periodically surfaced in contemporary art. One such moment—enriched by a wonderful backdrop—is taking place right now. The backdrop is the Japan Society’s ...

All religions insist they respect women. However they all have stories, art and laws that are rather patriarchal, if not outrightly misogynistic. When this is pointed out, believers and followers tend ...