The Netherlands’ national museum has a new object on display that merges art with Amsterdam’s infamous Red Light District: a nearly 200-year-old condom, emblazoned with erotic art.

A red dot added to a pebble that resembles a face suggests the species that preceded modern humans may have had a “complex mind” capable of producing symbols, researchers say.

In this exclusive interview, the anthology’s co-editor Malu Halasa discusses the importance of art to the Palestinian struggle, how Israel has targeted Palestinian writers and artists, and how a new ...

'The White Lotus' faces censorship in India: Buddha statue scene involving a character hurling profanities at it was cut.

The Art Institute of Chicago Returned a Sculpture to Nepal But Obscured Its Connection to a Wealthy Donor The famed museum recently returned a 12th-century Buddha sculpture that it says was stolen ...

Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a head found nearly a century ago at ...

On 3 March, the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) announced the initiation of a voluntary repatriation to Nepal. The 12th-century artefact in question, a “significant sculpture” dubbed Buddha ...

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This 12th century Nepali sculpture, “Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda,” regularly displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago since 1997, is heading back to its country of origin.

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 233-foot Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan, China, is the world's tallest Buddha statue, built in 713 B.C.E. to calm dangerous rivers.