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 ...

That female Buddha Green Tara is meant to embody fearlessness, remove obstacles, and offer protection from suffering.

Buddhism is practiced in various parts of the world and the Ancient Greeks played a significant role in the mission of ...

The galleries of Asia Society Museum in New York have been a beehive of activity this past week, filled with the sounds of hammers and drills, and the smells of sawdust and fresh paint, as workers ...

Christian Luczanits, a leading scholar of Gandharan art, discusses how changing perceptions of the Buddha and bodhisattvas in Gandhara played an instrumental role in the development of Mahayana ...

She’s not one to count how many hours she spends re-creating Goryeo Buddhist paintings, because for her, it is a way of ...

The ancient statue, a museum fixture since the 1990s, will return to its rightful home following a voluntary restitution ...

Among Korea’s rarest and most beautiful religious artifacts, the Goryeo Period Buddhist paintings were largely lost due to ...

"Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda" had been on display at the museum since 1997. Researchers discovered the ...

The museum’s researchers collaborated with the government of Nepal to determine the sculpture had been stolen from the ...