Decapitated Buddhas At Borobudur

I knew to expect them. But it’s one thing to know something theoretically, and something else entirely to experience it for oneself.

Giuseppe Tucci, an Orgiastic Aha! Part Two

This three-part series examines tantric deities in the yab-yum posture of symbolic sexual congress. But beyond the obvious, why are they dancing? Indeed, why dance?

Art Sutra: Do Higher Prices Mean a Higher Path?

For centuries, Buddhist works of art have adorned monasteries, temples, galleries, museums, and ...

Tam Po Shek and Wing Chi Ip: Refreshing the Soul and the Senses by Playing the Flute and Drinking Tea

香港著名洞簫演奏家、書法家譚寶碩及荼藝高手樂茶軒主人葉榮枝兩位相知相識，深通佛理，以音樂及茶道品味人生及中國文化藝術精粹。

The Buddhist Roots of Japanese Flower Arrangement

One of the most widely practiced of all Japanese art forms is ikebana, or flower arrangement...

2016-10-31

Visions from the Zen Mind: Zen Paintings and Calligraphy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

A fuzzy-furred gibbon seated on a rugged boulder reaches an arm out over a rushing river and tries to scoop up...

2016-08-11

Buddhist Artists Restore Historic Tibetan Murals in Nepal

In the remote region of Upper Mustang, high in the rugged Nepalese Himalayas bordering Tibet...

2016-08-11

Deconstructing Bridges and Forging New Highways with Dharma Art – Part Two

Whoever speaks in primordial images speaks with a thousand voices

2016-06-10

Deconstructing Bridges and Forging New Highways with Dharma Art – Part One

Visually, there are two forms of language: one that has to be learned...

2016-06-10

Threads of Tranquillity in the Paintings of Trang T. Lê

From 2006 to 2010, Vietnamese American artist Trang T. Lê undertook a monumental artistic

2016-06-10

From the Gobi to the Getty: Buddhist Art from Dunhuang on View in Los Angeles

The Mogao Caves, located near Dunhuang in the Gobi Desert in northwest China

2016-06-08