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How Mount Zao's famous snow monsters came to be

Japan's famed "snow monsters" may actually be ghosts of an ancient blast. For years, the hulking, ice-coated trees that ...
朝日新聞社

Researchers say ancient eruption led to Zao’s ‘snow monsters’

YAMAGATA--Winter in Japan’s northern Tohoku region is often cast as a surreal spectacle concerning the Zao mountain range where countless “snow monsters” appear. But a new explanation for this frozen ...
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Zao Wou-Ki’s Market Is Even Hotter Than You Think. Here’s the Data to Prove It

Over the past decade, the French-Chinese painter Zao Wou-Ki has emerged as a titan in Asian art history—and a symbol of the Asian art market’s surging growth. More recently, his name has become ...
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Study: Zao’s ‘snow monsters’ shrinking after insect attacks

YAMAGATA—Insect infestations are reducing the famed “ice monsters” of the Zao mountain range to mere shadows of their former hulking selves, a survey by Yamagata University and its research partners ...
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The Late Painter Zao Wou-Ki’s Resplendent Countryside Home and Studio in France Will Become a Residency and Gallery for His Work

The French countryside studio where Zao Wou-Ki (1921–2013) painted some of his largest abstract works will be transformed into an art gallery and artists’ residency. Villepin, the Hong Kong art ...
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Zao Wou-Ki’s Rare Painting Could Fetch HK$150 Million at Christie’s

An exceedingly rare work by renowned French-Chinese artist Zao Wou-Ki is expected to sell for between HK$120 million and HK$150 million (US$15 million-US$20 million) at Christie’s Hong Kong this ...
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Zao iOS face-swap app tops Chinese App Store rankings, raises privacy fears

Zao, an iOS app that lets users substitute their own face for that of a celebrity in video clips, has topped the Apple’s App Store rankings in China, but is raising privacy concerns. App Annie said ...