The group of works returned last week include the 13-foot-tall painting Yeongsanhoesangdo, which depicts the Shakyamuni Buddha, as well as three “Siwangdo,” or narrative paintings, depicting the Kings ...

Last week, Asia Society Museum showcased the rich, vibrant, Tibetan paintings discovered by Italian academic and explorer Giuseppe Tucci to American audiences for the first time in the exhibition ...

Korean officials discovered the painting in the Smart Museum’s collection at the University of Chicago. It was stolen from a temple nearly 35 years ago. By Zachary Small An order of Buddhist monks in ...

His intricuate sculpures comprise over 5,500 individual titanium parts and 22,000 screws.

The world was in shock when in 2001 the Talibans destroyed two ancient Buddha statues in Afghanistan. Behind them, there are caves decorated with precious paintings from 5th to 9th century A.D. The ...

Two stolen Buddhist paintings from Yongyeon Temple in Daegu have returned to Korea from Japan after 27 years. The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism said Thursday it received the Yeongsan Hoesangdo (The ...

A pair of Japanese national treasures that are considered among the world’s most important Zen Buddhist masterpieces are heading to San Francisco this week, where they will be part of a ...

Researchers surveying a temple in Japan’s Shiga Prefecture have discovered long-hidden paintings of eight Buddhist saints that could date back more than 1,300 years, report Jiro Tsutsui and Yoshito ...

Numbering fewer than 150 worldwide, Buddhist paintings created during the late Goryeo dynasty in Korea illustrate hope for peace and good fortune in this world and for salvation in the afterlife.

Cut from a sheer cliff face nearly a thousand years ago, India's Ajanta Caves are home to sacred Buddhist spaces adorned with vibrant works of ancient art. Carved in timeThe Buddhist cave temples near ...