Sculptures and carvings dating back more than 1,700 years have been discovered in the remains of a shrine and its courtyard in the ancient city of Bazira. The sculptures illustrate the religious life ...

Devotional objects created in China for Buddhist worship possess great visual and spiritual power. In the late 19th century, these objects also began to attract the attention from Western collectors.

The exhibition “Deities and Devotion in Mongolian Buddhist Art” will open at the Hope College Kruizenga Art Museum on Friday, Aug. 30. A reception will be held to celebrate the opening of “Deities and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient stone sculpture of Buddha’s footprints that was smuggled into the United States and had been expected to sell for more than $1 million was returned to the government of ...

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 ...

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 Met has gathered a stunning display of ancient Buddhist art — rare loans including dozens of objects that have never been exhibited outside of India. By Holland Cotter At the press opening for the ...

Those fortunate to be in New York up until May 10 may want to catch the Asia Society Museum's exhibition of art from 15 centuries of Myanmar's Buddhist history. The vast majority of the 70 ...

In a remote desert in northwestern China, about 20 minutes outside the city of Dunhuang, a wealth of ancient Chinese artworks is squirreled away inside a mile-long stretch of caves that were carved ...

Likenesses of Buddha are these days so commonplace — the casual adornment of fashionable spas, fusion restaurants and Parisian nightclubs — that it is strange to think that artists once hesitated, out ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)-- An ancient Buddhist sculpture smuggled into the United States has been returned to the government of Pakistan by New York City prosecutors. The 500-pound sculpture shows ...