RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

THE ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Disney-Britton

"Adam" by Tullio Lombardo (ca. 1455–1532) returned to public view this week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Following a major accident in 2002 at the museum, the damaged marble statue became the focus of a 12-year conservation effort. Tullio carved Adam in the early 1490s for a tomb in Venice, Italy. The sculpture and the story of its restoration are on view in the new exhibition "Tullio Lombardo’s Adam: A Masterpiece Restored," and that makes "Adam" my NEWS OF WEEK.

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

• Buddhist Art of Week: Towering Buddha at National Museum of Korea [More News]
• Christian Art of Week: El Greco: Still Inspiring, 400 Years Later [More News]
• Hindu Art of Week: ‘Gods of Suburbia’ by Dina Goldstein [More News]
• Islamic Art of Week: World's Biggest Art Collector Dies at Age 48 [More News]
• Judaic Art Week: Jewish Museum Berlin Explores Male Circumcision [More News] 

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