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 ...

CHIANG RAI, Thailand — In Thailand, it’s not uncommon to hear the chanting of the monks as you wake up on a Sunday morning, or to walk past a hoard of saffron-robed novices on your way to the market.

In a significant departure, Sawai Chinnawong grounds his artistry in his own culture. When Sawai Chinnawong, 63, first committed his life to Christ in college in 1983, the artist tried painting Bible ...

Exhibition, Catalogue and Companion PBS Documentary Film by David Grubin Receive $1 Million National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chairman's Special Award Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art is the ...

Workers installing an underground drainage system beneath a Buddhist temple in northeastern Thailand have uncovered a trove of ancient Buddhist relics. Wat Dhammachak Semaram, a temple known for its ...

QINGHAI, Northwest China — A few minutes after 9 p.m., Kharze and three other apprentices finally put down their paint brushes inside their small studio near Wutun, a village in the historically ...

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 ...

CLINTON — Whidbey Island has a new Tibetan Buddhist temple, and you’re invited. Phagtsok Gedun Choling Temple in Clinton is hosting an open house June 9-10 featuring the creation, display and ...

Richmond is one of Canada’s most culturally diverse cities. One aspect of that is the presence of unique Buddhist temples within our boundaries. Three of the largest temples also represent their own ...