Splendid sculpture and painting from LACMA's permanent collection was packed up about eight years ago. Finally, it's back on ...

In the Shadow of an Apocalypse: Buddhist Art in Japan October 14, 2017 – October 28, 2018 Freer Gallery of Art Imperfectly Beautiful: Inventing Japanese Ceramic Style October 14, 2017 – October 15, ...

The 12th-century hand scroll is on display in “Words of Wisdom: Buddhist Calligraphy from Japan” at the Freer Gallery. (Colleen J. Dugan/National Museum of Asian Art, Freer Collection/Charles ...

While Japanese Buddhism is often synonymous with the spare, minimalist aesthetics of Zen, the statue of Bishamonten, Guardian of the North, towering nearly seven feet high, shows a spiritual ...

Related programming and funding credits Public programming to accompany Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art includes: • Daylong multidisciplinary symposium — featuring artists, scholars, critics and writers ...

In 1983, at Japan Society in Manhattan, I saw a show of early Buddhist sculpture so beautiful that I maxed out my Visa card to fly to Japan to find more. It was my first time there. I spoke no ...

Newsletter sign up The 750-mile Shikoku pilgrimage around Japan’s smallest island takes in 88 Buddhist temples (Image credit: Getty Images) By The Week Staff published July 9, 2023 ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has announced “Japan in Focus,” a series of exhibitions and public programs that offer visitors new ways to deepen their understanding of Japanese art ...