Chinese private art collector Liu Yiqian has bought a highly important imperial embroidered silk Thangka for 348 million HK dollars (nearly $45 million) at Christie's 2014 Hong Kong Autumn Auctions on ...

In Sherpa’s art, Tibet and California, thangka and pop art, Buddha and Mickey Mouse mingle and morph to create a new visual language. Tsherin Sherpa, "Fly High" (2019), metal leaf, acrylic, and ink on ...

In the famous bustling bazaar in Lhasa, Southwest China's Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region lies Bakuo Street, known to Tibetans as the "Holy Road," where visitors can see exquisite studios dedicated ...

Tibetan Buddhism is a distinct and prosperous offshoot of the Buddhist religion. It profoundly impacted the unique culture of the Tibetan Plateau. To people who are interested in understanding the ...

A thangka depicting Shakyamuni Buddha and the 18 arhats painted by master artist Niangben. CHINA DAILY When master painter Niangben visited the United Nations headquarters in New York last month, he ...

A female painter graduated from a Thangka art school in southwest China's Sichuan province works on a Thangka painting. [Photo/Xinhua] The exhibition of Regong Thangka paintings made its debut at 798 ...

The meditative Buddhist paintings are very popular in the West. But the art is dying out among its traditional practitioners. Their children no longer want to learn it, writes Shalini Singh. In remote ...

Presented by the Shanghai Municipal History Museum and co-sponsored by the Tokyo China Cultural Center, the Tibetan Thangka art exhibition opened in Tokyo on July 6, 2015. It exhibits 30 Thangka works ...

Sanjay Sutar from Maharashtra works on Warli painting at the national tribal and folk art workshop at Netarhat in Latehar district on Tuesday Telegraph pictures If Sohrai, the harvest paintings of ...

Most artists believe their practice is a form of meditation as it forces them to be completely present, focused on the activity and mindful of its outcome. Tibetan artist Anay Ngawang Chodak’s ...

MADIKERI: The world's largest "Thangka" of Buddha Amitayus was hoisted by the Tibetans at Namdroling Monastery, the Golden temple of Bylakuppe, with religious reverence on the occasion of Guru ...