When avant-garde theater and Chinese art collide

A Buddhist perspective on exploring authentic creative expression

Whether it is his unconventional performance art, his photography, or his sculpture, Chinese artist Zhang Huan’s remarkable repertoire is rebellious, eccentric, controversial—and spiritual, particular

Measuring Buddhist time in art installations

Since its creation in 2000, the Buddhist Film Foundation (BFF) has been a cornerstone for Buddhist-themed cinema. The foundation strives to uphold Buddhism in film, and archive and promote new and upc

The experience of art often fulfills yearnings similar to the inspiration offered by religion. One more profound relationship between art and religion has historically been how it acts as a vehicle fo

This month, the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation not only hosted the International Buddhist Film Festival in the British capital but also donated £2.5 million to various institutes to

   *   “What used to be done by Religion has to be done alone by Art.”   – Saburo Hasegawa, in a letter to Isamu Noguchi. January 12, 1951.   *   Zen and avant-garde is a curious

The discussion below will treat the question what counts as empirical knowledge, and whether extending its definition can influence empirical pursuits in a fruitful way. Those questions will be partia