‘Buddhism Along the Silk Road’: ‘5th-8th Century’

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Holland Cotter

A bust from “Buddhism Along the Silk Road,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

NEW YORK---For really fresh news about the past, the Met’s temporary, often tucked-away collection shows are a sure bet. “Buddhism Along the Silk Road: 5th-8th Century” is exemplary. With more than a hundred petite, gorgeous, soul-filled objects culled from storage and assembled in the small, high-perched mezzanine gallery of the South and Southeast Asian wing, it tells the story of how art, which we think of as static, is ever on the move. [link]

Metropolitan Museum of Art: "Buddhism along the Silk Road, 5th–8th Century" (Ends February 10, 2013), 1000 5th Avenue NYC, (212) 570-3894 or metmuseum.org