ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By
Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
Can religious art facilitate more conversations about gender, race, and sex? When we saw Kehinde Wiley’s
Lamentations Series this week in a story about
stained glass artists, it broke our hearts. It came during an avalanche of conversations about the death of 92-year-old white female,
Barbara Bush, and almost none concerning the latest police killing of 26-year-old black male
Diante Yarber. This week, we found a number of new shows exploring gender, race, and sex. If you are interested in them too, we recommend,
Breaking the Mold in Louisville, KY with Kehinde Wiley; Stanley Spencer’s
Love on the Moor in the UK; and Karsang Lama’s
Divine Feminine in NYC. We need these conversations, and that is why Kehinde Wiley’s
Lamentations Series is our news of the week.
NEWS OF WEEK from across the USA, and around the world, see below:
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| Buddhist Art of Week: Karsang Lama in NYC |
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| Christian Art of Week: "The Last Supper" by Stanley Spencer |
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| Hindu Art of Week: Tyeb Mehta’s "Durga" |
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| Islamic Art of Week: Bosnian kilims in Sarajevo |
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| Jewish Art of Week: Group show in Greenport, NY |
