This disapproval turned into a tidal wave on May 5, two days before the planned auction, with the intervention of the Indian ...

The investigation specifically called out Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda, which appears in a photo taken in ...

Manabendra Ghosh's "Tired Buddha", made of clay, is a metaphorical narrative of time and contemplation. These works of art, created in a rare blend of ancient pottery styles and modern language ...

Digging a drainage system is rarely an exciting process. But ‘rarely’ doesn’t mean ‘never,’ as was recently proven in ...

THE SMITHSONIAN DRAMA CONTINUES, with the Washington Post reporting yesterday that Kevin Young, the director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, has been on leave since ...

The objects themselves are "gorgeous": we see much "lively, expressive, dynamic sculpture", from "rudimentary" yakshas and ...

The Art Institute of Chicago announced Monday it would return a 12th century Nepali sculpture of the Buddha to Nepal. The museum is collaborating with the government of Nepal for the return of the ...

The Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) this week announced the return of Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda to Nepal ...

The 12th-century sculpture the museum returned to Nepal is called “Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda” and is about 17.5 inches tall. The Art Institute said it was stolen from the ...