In the 18th century, enlightenment had almost opposite meanings in East and West. To Europeans it meant release by reason from superstition, that is, from religion and the burden of the past. In Japan ...

Here's the press release: Courtesy The New Orleans Museum of ArtHotei's ink on paper drawing 'Sound of One Hand (late).' The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin Organized ...

A pair of Japanese national treasures that are considered among the world’s most important Zen Buddhist masterpieces are heading to San Francisco this week, where they will be part of a ...

In addition to his well-known passions for hockey, world cinema and cowboy poetry, George Gund III loves Japanese Zen art. Over the past 25 years, the peripatetic arts patron who owns the San Jose ...

Zhang sat in front of one of his paintings he intended to give to a foreign Buddhist Master. It depicted a rosy-pink lotus flower floating in the air with a blood-red sun in the sky above. Zhang said ...

In this series, Lagniappe presents a different work each week from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator. For centuries, Japanese Zen Buddhist masters have ...

Inf luential British art historian Herbert Read (1893-1968) is frequently cited in Lui's writings. Read was a leading ...

I have always been the scientific one in a family of artists: actors, painters and illustrators. As a child I was sent for art lessons with my sister, who is now an illustrator, but I was too ...

Learn the art of contemporary Zen painting from Rosemary KimBal during the Oceanside Museum of Art’s Artists@Work exhibit from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 13 at 704 Pier View Way. KimBal’s large-scale ...

Zen doodling takes doodling to another level. This meditative art form involves creating intricate, abstract designs using ...