The photograph is one of over 130 artworks currently on view in “The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art” at LACMA. Up through Feb. 19, the exhibition documents the development of modern ...

This photo of a portion of the "Ten Kings of Hell" (Siwangdo) paintings is provided by the National Museum of Korea and the ...

In "Korean Buddhist Sculpture within the Asian Tradition," Lena Kim, former professor of Korean Art and Buddhist Art, Hongik University, Seoul, discusses how examples of Korean Buddhist sculpture ...

The glamour and opulence of Korean ancient art has largely been represented through Buddhist art. Buddhist statues, craftworks, sutras and paintings make up the majority of national treasures of ...

In South Korea, Buddhist temple food is viewed the way spa food is in the U.S.: curative, cleansing, perhaps even medicinal. Buddhist nuns have preserved these cooking techniques for 1,600 years.

The ‘Buddha Art Fair’, which encompasses tradition and Buddhist art, from historical art based on Korean traditional philosophy to modern art, will also be held during the expo period. 42 ...

Viewers will find in Chai’s work references to Korean folk art, Korean Buddhist temple architecture and Northern Renaissance painting—they all converge to tell very personal stories. In the process, ...

Iconography, technique, and context in Koryŏ buddhist paintings / Chung Woothak -- 2. Seeing maitreya: aspiration and vision in an image from early eighth-century Silla / Rhi Juhyung -- 3.

Thematic sections consider Buddhist calligraphy, which chronicles the Korean art’s underpinnings in Chinese traditions by way of the literate expertise of monks; royal calligraphy, in which ...

Korean and Korean American contemporary art have been featured in several exhibitions at the National Museum of Asian Art. One of the very earliest contemporary exhibitions held in the museum was ...

The art they've made to cope with their pasts is now on display at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery. "Quest for Justice: The Story of Korean 'Comfort Women' as Told Through Their Artwork ...