RELIGIOUS ART | TALK OF WEEK

"BEHOLD THE MAN" (1606) by Caravaggio, and other religious and spiritual arts news stories of the past week are listed below. The stories are grouped into five faith categories: Buddhist; Jewish; Islamic; Christian; and Other.

BUDDHIST-HINDU:

• Norton Simon Museum's "Sculpture from the Hindu-Buddhist World" (AOA Today)
• Getty Museum's "God's of Angkor" (AOA Today)
• The art, the truth and the compassion (The Epoch Times)
• Ai Weiwei's Zodiac Heads Come to NYC (AOA Today)

JEWISH:

• Marc Chagall's Biblical Works on Display in Russia (Voice of Russia)
• Dor Guez, an interview with an "Arab-Jew" (Haaretz)

ISLAMIC:

• Islamic Council Welcomes Death of Osama Bin Laden (AOA Today)
• Iran Unveils Shia Shrine (Press-TV)
• Drawing Bin Laden, Before and After Death (Ridgefield Press)
• Al-Abbas Holy Shrine Participates in Baghdad International Flower Festival III (ABNA)

CHRISTIAN:

• King James Bible Turns 400 (The Birmingham News)
• Future Head of Church of England Weds (AOA Today)
• Residents Ask for Reprieve for Surfer Madonna (Coast News Group)
• Beatification of Pope John Paul II (Catholic Online)
• Signs of Crossing Over: Secular and Sacred Art (Charlottesville News)
•  San Diego Hosts "From El Greco to Dali: The Great Spanish Masters" (San Diego Museum)
• Canadian Temple of Art & Music (The Metropolitain)
• Indiana Church Hosts Book of Psalms Art Exhibit (Evansville Press)
• National Art Museum Gathers Secular and Spiritual Belarus authorities (Belteler Radio Co)
• Honey Methodist Church "Steering Wheel" (AOA Today)
• Cross Becomes a Work of Art at Truro Cathedral (BBC)
• S.Korean Man Found Crucified on Wooden Cross (USA Today)
• Ethiopian Christian art on view in Oregon (The Oregonian)
• Caravaggio's "Behold the Man" to be centerpiece of exhibit (The Columbus Dispatch)
• Artist uses "The Book of Mormon" to create a 41-ton sculpture (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• Lady Gaga denies that Judas video is blasphemous (Contact Music)
• Former Marine now makes Christ inspired art (Highlands Today)
• Lady Gaga means to "celebrate faith" in her new video (USA Today)

OTHER/INTERFAITH:

• Photographer captures Bin Laden Meal promotion (AOA Today)
• Oldest religious symbol discovered in France (World News Report)
• Banksy's "Stained Glass Window" (Flavorville)
• Creating art brings Oklahoma artists closer to their God (Oklahoman)
• Couple uses their art to battle religious bigotry of Westboro Baptist Church (South Florida Gay News)
• Power of Giving on display in German Museum (ArtDaily)