Tyler Green on Religion and Faith in Contemporary Art

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By Tyler Green | Modern Art Notes

"When Faith Moves Mountains" (2002) by Francis Alÿs

I’m on vacation this week. Instead of new, original content, I’ll be featuring past reviews/criticism that are particularly relevant now. America’s art museums hold much of Europe’s best religious art. But it was with that idea in mind that I considered one of Francis Alÿs’s best pieces when MoMA and its satellite PS1 hosted a two-venue Alÿs survey in 2011. Does Alÿs’s work address faith more than is typically acknowledged? [link]