Dark charcoal skyscrapers loom on a studio wall; below them bright, tiny sculptures bloom from soil beds. In another studio, women’s underwear in every shade and style hang from wires, while letters ...
The lotus-filled reservoirs and half-eroded temples of Angkor, capital of the Khmer empire from the ninth through the early 15th century, dominate the global image of Cambodian art. As a set location ...
Students from the Blue Art Center visiting the Angkor Wat temple complex (photo courtesy Svay Sareth) SIEM REAP, Cambodia — Svay Sareth didn't remember Cambodia, his own country. Growing up in Site 2, ...
A farmer harvests latex from a rubber tree on now-barren farmland in rural Cambodia, while sketchy figures bathe in the river in front of Phnom Penh’s Royal Palace where the Tonlé Sap meets the Mekong ...
The "Reclining Vishnu" sculpture is the centerpiece of the exhibition “Royal Bronzes: Cambodian Art of the Divine” at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. NINA MOINI: A new exhibition of Cambodian bronze ...
LOWELL — The questionable acquisition of antiquities from countries and civilizations by Western museums has a long and ignoble history that is typically associated with previous eras or ...
Katelyn Saiki grew up hearing stories about Cambodia from her grandparents. The lessons she learned have paid off: Saiki recently found out she won a $10,000 scholarship after attaining the Girl Scout ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be returning 16 ancient sculptures to Cambodia and Thailand that are tied to looting. Fourteen Khmer sculptures are being returned to Cambodia while two will go ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art said Friday it is returning 14 sculptures to Cambodia and two to Thailand, including all works known to be associated with an art dealer who was indicted for selling ...
SIEM REAP, Cambodia — The elderly woman was weaving baskets at home when a group of strangers arrived at her front gate, requesting her help on a national mission. They spent the next two hours that ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City agreed to return 13 antiquities tied to "illicit trafficking" to Cambodia, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Friday. The pieces are tied to Douglas ...