Vietnamese-American sculptor Tuan Andrew Nguyen will install an eight-meter replica of the Bamiyan Buddha along Tenth Street in Manhattan in spring 2026. Titled The Light That Shines Through the ...

A massive sculpture at New York's High Line by Tuan Andrew Nguyen will commemorate Afghanistan's Bamiyan Buddhas.

Come spring 2026, New Yorkers strolling the High Line will encounter a new, towering neighbor with a backstory that stretches ...

A towering, 27-foot-tall statue of Buddha will stand on Manhattan’s High Line next year as a new art installation in the ...

On the High Line Plinth next spring, the Vietnam-based artist will resurrect an ancient Buddha, destroyed by the Taliban, as ...

The High Line in New York has selected artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen to produce its next plinth commission, scheduled to open ...

This month the two sixth-century Buddhas of Bamiyan demolished in Afghanistan were temporarily returned to their towering places in the Bamiyan cliffs through 3D projection. A 3D projection of one of ...

Afghanistan’s 6th C. Bamiyan valley Buddha, before (left) and after (right) its destruction in March 2001. (images via Wikipedia: before & after) (click to enlarge) While it became a worldwide symbol ...

Clad in a safari suit, sun hat, hiking boots and leather gloves, Zemaryalai Tarzi leads the way from his tent to a rectangular pit in the Bamiyan Valley of northern Afghanistan. Crenulated sandstone ...

The Associated PressBAMIYAN, Afghanistan -- A year after the Taliban blew up two towering ancient Buddha statues, Afghan leader Hamid Karzai promised Tuesday to rebuild them, calling their destruction ...