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The 5 most beguiling-weird-curious works at LACMA's new Korean show
Depictions of torture in hell, a graceful screen of mountains that feels contemporary and a snarling lion holding a mirror that reflects your misdeeds. The L.A. County Museum of Art's exhibition "Treasures From Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910" contains a bounty of incredible works — dozens of paintings, textiles, ceramics and more, from one of the most long-running Confucian dynasties in world history. Curator Virginia Moon, who organized the exhibition, says the more than 500 years of continuous rule by 27 kings provided Korea with a "sense of stability bound by strict neo-Confucian principles." The stability, however,...
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The 5 most beguiling-weird-curious works at LACMA's new Korean show
Depictions of torture in hell, a graceful screen of mountains that feels contemporary and a snarling lion holding a mirror that reflects your misdeeds. The L.A. County Museum of Art's exhibition "Treasures From Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910" contains a bounty of...
Indiana law allows Satanists to perform marriages, but not Buddhists
An Indiana law is "irrational" and "absurd" for allowing Satanists to perform legal marriages while making it a crime for Buddhists and humanists to do the same, a federal appeals court said this week. It's been a rough few months for state...
LACMA's lovely show on Korea in a time of transformation
How remarkable that a simple piece of undecorated, fired white clay can be a riveting work of art. Yet there it is, beckoning quietly from a vitrine near the start of "Treasures From Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910."...
Deadly attack raises concern about growth of 'evil cults' in China
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In China, a park warns citizens away from cults
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Peter Matthiessen dies at 86; acclaimed author wrote 'The Snow Leopard'
Peter Matthiessen, a rich man's son who rejected a life of ease in favor of physical and spiritual challenges and produced such acclaimed works as "The Snow Leopard" and "At Play in the Fields of the Lord," died Saturday. He was 86. His...
Harold Ramis dies at 69; writer, director of successful film comedies
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Obama meets with Dalai Lama despite opposition of China
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In time of drought, turning to Native traditions to plead for rain
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. — The woman in line at the bank said she had already sold all her cattle and was now selling her land. It was one too many tales of drought hardship for Laynee Reyna, also known as She Who Makes Things Happen...
In a first for the Senate, the Dalai Lama gives the opening prayer
WASHINGTON--The Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, delivered the opening invocation in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, praying "to Buddha and all" and suggesting that purity of thought will guide humanity's actions. ...
Before bitcoin uproar, Dorian Satoshi Nakamato was a civic activist
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Controversy marks start to Myanmar's first census in three decades
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Review: Norton Simon's 'In the Land of Snow' is an enlightening exhibit
At a time when museums seem to be torn between blockbusters and specialized scholarship, it's refreshing to come across "In the Land of Snow: Buddhist Art of the Himalayas" at the Norton Simon Museum, a no-nonsense exhibition that spares the bells...
Spring arts 2014: Art
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Review: L.A. Phil and Disney Hall return to the music
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At Bowers Museum, 'Gods and Gifts' samples a Vatican collection
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Myanmar releases 56 political prisoners on eve of regional summit
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Myanmar violence between Buddhists, Muslims threatens reforms
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