Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art June 8, 2010

'Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art' is the first major exhibition of its kind devoted to the impact of Buddhist pilgrimage on Asia's artistic production. It highlights approximately 120 objects of importance and extraordinary quality, including sculptures, paintings, prints, ritual implements, photographs, and maps. The objects, dating from the first to the twentieth century, will be on loan from museums and private collections in North America, and a number of the pieces have never been displayed publicly before. Pilgrims and pilgrimage inspired centuries of artistic production and its patronage influenced the development of visual culture in Asia.