RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

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By TAHLIB

I have a bad habit. As Palestinians and Israelis clash and die in Gaza, I've remained a bystander. Tomorrow evening on Monday, July 28, the Islamic holydays of Ramadan end following a month of fasting and prayer to rid ourselves of bad habits. Prayers are said in the direction of the Kaaba, a cubed black building at the center of Mecca, and my prayer is that before Ramadan ends that I will stop being a bystander. That's why "Diversity" by Siddiqa Juma (above) is my NEWS OF WEEK.

In other religious art news from across the USA, and around the world:

• Buddhist Art of Week: Takashi Kikuchi and Park Dong-ki team-up for exhibit [More News]
• Christian Art of Week: Mannerist paintings of Pontormo, aka Jacopo Carucci [More News]
• Hindu Art of Week: Hindu deities get muscular makeovers; a ripped Vishnu [More News]
• Islamic Art of Week: Palestinians and Arabs hang tough at the New Museum [More News]
• Judaic Art Week: Jews and the first kosher comic books blazing trails [More News]

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