
Magazine Arts & Culture
The Carving of Tradition
Shikō Munakata’s starkly stylized woodblock prints combine Japanese craft and Buddhist iconography.
Shikō Munakata’s starkly stylized woodblock prints combine Japanese craft and Buddhist iconography.
Chitra Ganesh’s art draws on Buddhist and Hindu iconography and pop culture to build a bridge to the idea of home.
A Zen artist’s vibrant homages show that the Mother of Liberation can take many forms.
A Burmese artist reminds us that the past and the present are not so separate.
Buryat artist Dashi Namdakov crafts sculptures that reflect his Buddhist and shamanistic heritage.
Foreign photographers have shaped the Western images of Tibet. Now Tibetans are taking control of the camera.
Classically trained painter Tsherin Sherpa envisions the survival of a displaced Tibetan tradition.
The work of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Japan’s last woodblock master, documented the nation’s turbulent transition into the modern era.
Shaolin monks kick, flip, and dance in a performance both timeless and contemporary.
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