Drawing on the National Museum of Asian Art's collections and collecions from across the Smithsonian, artworks spanning two millennia reveal Asia's rich Buddhist heritage. They represent diverse ...
In fact, the art played a crucial role in the development of the Buddhist religion. Although the Buddha, Prince Siddhartha, lived in the region of Northern India bordering Nepal, his influence on ...
The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan: Art of Gandhara reveals the complex cultural influences — from Scytho-Parthian to Greco-Roman traditions — that fed the extraordinary artistic production of this ...
A centuries-old Buddhist model of the universe has new meaning for the shortest of days and longest of worries. By Holland Cotter The Metropolitan Museum of Art is, in these darkest days of ...
Through the ancient statues of the future Buddha, the show invites viewers to take a step back and rethink our limited perception of the passage of time. “Rocks Living in Rewind” runs through Jan. 26, ...
“His work complements and helps contextualise the historical material that forms the majority of the exhibition. The piece, like all of Rigdol’s work, approaches Buddhism in multipronged ways and ...