Buddhist art
Taliban pledges to protect Buddhist city by mining underground
Afghan minister says that copper extraction by a Chinese company at Mes Aynak, an important archaeological site, will avoid damage to relics
MFA Boston’s renovated Japanese art galleries seek to inspire deeper exploration of familiar objects
In the reopened galleries, rotating exhibits highlight collection gems—including seven newly conserved Buddha statues—and technology add-ons expand learning
Tibetan Buddhist shrine with more than 200 artefacts donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art
The shrine comes from Alice S. Kandell, who amassed one of the most significant private collections of Tibetan Buddhist art in North America
Starving Buddha sculpture returned to Pakistan
But leading London expert says it’s a fake
V&A and British Museum join together to buy Buddha
Purchased with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and National Arts Collection Fund
Diary of a New York dealer: Carlton Rochell
Contemporary art collectors are coming to Southeast Asian art. Hollywood’s fascination with Buddhism is also a trigger
Oslo: Buddhism’s “Dead Sea Scrolls” for sale to Norway
Saved from Afghanistan by top collector, the manuscripts pose an ethical problem
The world’s largest museum of surviving Tibetan painting goes online
Shelley and Donald Rubin’s website invites contributions from museums, collectors, and scholars
The first exhibition of Angkor-period art to leave Cambodia
Australia makes capital out of the 1991 peace accord in Cambodia and demonstrates its newly established diplomatic ties