Did you know there's an art form that blends Ancient Greek and Buddhist traditions? Welcome to Greco-Buddhist art, aka ...
Schist Figure of Fasting Buddha, Gandhara (2nd–4th century) (all photos courtesy Auctionata) It’s an oft-told story: for seven weeks, Buddha sat beneath the bodhi tree, meditating after having ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. Establishing a new religion in ancient India was no simple ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. (Dir.: Arturo Béjar, United States, 2021, 77 min.) Immerse yourself in the hypnotic music of composer Philip Glass while exploring artworks from ...
When the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery first created an immersive Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room, with flickering candle-like lights and scores of golden Buddha statues and artifacts seven years ago, it ...
Initiation card (tsakali) Western Tibet, 15th century Opaque watercolor on paper. Private collection LTS2015.2.60. Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art Tibetan Buddhists use specialized meditation ...
The Art Institute of Chicago announced Monday it would return a 12th century Nepali sculpture of the Buddha to Nepal. The museum is collaborating with the government of Nepal for the return of the ...
The eternal message of Buddhist peace has blossomed in a new light at La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka. The exhibition, titled "The Awakening to Sacred Peace: The Buddha of Bengal", showcases ...
A prosperous Pasadena artist wanted for allegedly stealing nearly $8 million in China has built an empire of devoted disciples in California based on the claim that he is the reincarnation of Buddha.