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A Swirl of Intrigue Surrounds Swedish Painter Hilma af Klint's Newfound Status as an Icon of Abstract Art
In February 2013, the Moderna Museet, Stockholm’s national museum of modern art, opened a blockbuster show, “Hilma af Klint: ...
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South Korea’s Worst Ever Wildfires Ravage Ancient Buddhist Temples and Menace Historic Villages
One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country ...
Huge South Korea wildfires kill dozens and torch ancient temples
The wildfires in South Korea, which started on 21 March and have killed at least 26 people, have since spread to cover more ...
Giant statue of ancient Buddhist monk in southwest Japan cleansed ahead of spring festival
One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi ...
Huge South Korea wildfires kill 27 and threaten to destroy ancient temples
The fires are posing a massive threat to cultural sites. In the city of Uiseong, the fire destroyed the Gounsa temple, one of ...
Race to save lives and cultural treasures from South Korea's worst ever fires
But the largest culprit is the wind and dry land. The ideal environment for South Korea's largest ever wildfire has been ...
South Korea's centuries-old Gounsa temple is left in ruins by unprecedented wildfires
Uprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea's southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist ...
Workers save Buddha as S. Korea's wildfires raze ancient temple
At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a ...
Residents in South Korea's Andong city told to evacuate as wildfires spread
South Korean firefighters appear closer to containing the largest wildfires in the country's southeastern regions, after the ...
10 unforgettable experiences for your next trip to Japan
In a nation as culturally rich as Japan, it can be hard to know how to spend your time there. Here are ten of our favorite ...
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Torso of a Buddha statue has been found at Angkor temple complex
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a head found ...
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130-year-old Hong Kong temple and a former maternity hospital declared as monuments
Members of the Antiquities Advisory Board agreed on Thursday that Kwong Fook Tsz – a temple in Sheung Wan – and the Main Building of Old ... A 130-year-old temple in Hong Kong and a former ...