The beauty of art lies in its ability to impact us. To make us think, feel, see, touch, smell, taste and experience things from a new perspective. Art can also be unexpected; a trip to an art exhibition can be an amazing, disappointing, resonant, nostalgic, confusing, or sometimes a learningRead More →
Christ and His Cousin: Renaissance Rediscoveries, curated by Dr. Aoife Brady (Until May 8, 2022; Hugh Lane Hall; free admission – no reservation required) Currently, the National Gallery is holding a small but very interesting exhibition in one of its smaller exhibition spaces, focusing on images of the infant JesusRead More →
TWO IMPORTANT works of art by Shropshire-based artist Oliver Jones are on display at Pershore Abbey for a limited time. Divine and #motherandchild were selected because they have similarities to certain forms of religious art. They make no comment on creed or faith, but appear “at home” against the backdropRead More →
Progressive art gallery emerges on Jerusalem religious art scene In Jerusalem, the Gordon Gallery has transformed a neglected industrial workshop into a hub of innovative Israeli art The area surrounding Jerusalem’s Sapir Industrial Center has long been a place of pilgrimage for creatives. Located in the southwest region of theRead More →
They are stifling, elitist. You won’t know what to watch or how to interpret it. You might come across a bust. Busted for bust busting. Many believe these stereotypes about art museums, and museums around the world are working to change that. In the newly renovated Indiana University Eskenazi ArtRead More →
Throughout history, art has always played a role in religious and faith-based organizations. Some of the world’s most acclaimed works of art are based on religious themes. Most religions use some form of art to tell their stories or to help focus the mind on contemplation and meditation. The InterFaithRead More →
Photo courtesy of the Hermitage Museum A unique collection of Italian religious art from the Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria is now on display at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. This exhibition can tell a lot of things: it tells how an icon is transformed into a painting, with allRead More →
Art and religion have always been inextricably linked. Although the concepts of belief and faith may seem abstract to many, both played an important role in shaping the process of artistic creation. Take, for example, the Orthodox icons that are kept in art museums around the world. Many of themRead More →
The niche, an African hardwood wall with alcoves for the Holy Child, framed by cattle and oxenBONE Envoys Amelia “Mellie” Ablaza and her husband Luis Jr. pose for a Facebook post in their living room in front of a curved glass table, atop which solemnly stands a monstrance. A vesselRead More →
God and Adam depicted in Michelangelo’s fresco of the biblical story of creation. (Flickr) What is going on these days with pious Christian men (and even their wives, I’ve learned) and their obsession with penis size? It’s not just lustful click bait for kicks and giggles (well, maybe a little).Read More →
SALT LAKE CITY – The old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” has great meaning for Melissa Tshikamba. As an artist, Tshikamba speaks through her paintings – and she hopes to say a lot. Growing up as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsRead More →
Eike Schmidt, the director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, told the press on May 27 that he believed many works of religious art currently in Italian museums and shops should be returned to the churches from which they came. . He went on to suggest that one of hisRead More →
I am saddened by Paul Zerzan’s comments on the statue of Santa Marian Kamalen. We do not greet or respect the statue as if it were a living creature. This is not what Catholics do when we pray before a statue. Catholics worship with all their person and all theirRead More →
The church which is part of the former monastery “Schwestern zum Guten Hirten” (Sisters of the Good Shepherd) in the Lindenthal district of Cologne, in western Germany, looks like a large protective tent. “It was supposed to be a kind of Noah’s ark, a refuge for what people called ‘fallenRead More →
The controversy over a planned exhibition of Bulgarian religious art at the Louvre in Paris has led to a fateful conclusion: the exhibition has been canceled altogether. Last week, the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture decided to box the exhibition, titled “Art and Cultures in Bulgaria between the 16th and 18thRead More →
Michael Tracy, “Triptych: eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth Stations of the Cross for Latin America – The Pasin”, acrylic on canvas mounted on wood with glass, pottery and mixed media, with pewter crown, 1981-1988. (MOCRA Collection) I still remember standing in front of the enormous triptych by Michael Tracy during aRead More →
It’s hard to imagine what 19th-century dandy painter Eugène Delacroix and action film paladin Mel Gibson might have in common. Yet both scandalized audiences with violent imagery, both were ostracized from their contemporary artistic institutions and both drew inspiration from Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich’s visions of the suffering and deathRead More →
For thousands of years, art has played an important role in the faith. “I would say religion has always been a big topic in art,” says Nancy Ross, assistant professor of art history at Dixie State University. “Belief played an important role. “ Ross says that elements of belief canRead More →
Religious News Service Graphic by TJ Thomson (RNS) Being a respected member of the art world’s intelligentsia and taking religion seriously is not easy. “Religion and modern art continue to be labeled as mortal enemies,” writes Aaron Rosen. But the very context in which he makes this statement suggests thatRead More →
1 / 3 Oil on panel, “I Am He, Revelations 1:18” by Dan Wilson. Wilson won first place at the 30th annual “Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah” exhibition at the Springville Museum of Art. Provided by the Springville Museum of Art 2 / 3 Gloriana Miles and her motherRead More →
1 / 11 “Chanting the Holy Book” is an artwork by Fahimeh Amiri that is displayed at the Springville Museum of Art as part of Utah’s annual Spiritual and Religious Art Exhibition. Photographed Tuesday November 20, 2012. JAMES ROH/Daily Herald James Roh 2 / 11 Vance Mellen, Trenton Mellen andRead More →
Thangka paintings by Chudri and Tashi Gyatso Thangka paintings by Chudri and Tashi Gyatso Chudri working on a Thangka painting Religious art transcends borders Once sacred, Thangka paintings invade the secularized market Although a favorite for collectors today, Thangka remains an obscure art beyond the Tibetan regions, not palpable toRead More →
Pam Pierce finds it in a collection of religious art. As an interior designer, Pierce works with color and pattern. When it’s time to go home, she wants somewhere neutral and quiet. She started collecting religious art after her husband gave her a santo, a statue of a saint, whichRead More →