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 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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Cambodia’s ambassador to the United States said Monday that the transfer of 30 antiquities by U.S. law enforcement authorities to his country was a return of the “souls of our culture.” Ambassador Keo ...
A repurposed Phnom Penh wedding venue becomes a seething pit of pugilism as the Cambodian martial art of kun bokator roars onto the international stage only decades after near-extinction. The ancient ...
Sarah Cascone Aug 18, 2022 ShareShare This Article Officials in Cambodia believe that New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art possesses no fewer than 33 artifacts looted by a single smuggler. A reformed ...
Six years ago, Nachiket Chanchani visited Angkor Wat for the first time. Inspired, the architectural historian began thinking about the relationship between the complexities of modern post-genocide ...
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 ...