SABBATH ART | NEWS IN REVIEW

ART OF THE WEEK:

Nashville's new Hindu art exhibition (above), and other religious & spiritual arts news of the past week is listed below. If we missed anything, please let us know at sabbathart@alphaomegaarts.com. The religious art news items are grouped into four broad categories: At Home; Congregations; Galleries; and Museums.

AT HOME:

• The Popes Philippine Chair of Miracles (Inquirer)
• Italian Schools to Raise High the Crucifix (The Guardian)
• If God had a wife, her name was Asherah (Discovery News)
• Cross-making: A Lithuania Tradition (The Baltic Times)
• Celebrity Tattoo Artists, who do they "INK" they are? (The Independent)
• Book Review: The American Veda (Religion Dispatches)
• NY Critic Loves New Mormon Musical (The New York Times)
• Film of Hobbit movie begins in New Zealand (The Christian Post)

CONGREGATIONS:

• Christians Must Reflect on Meaning of Art (Christian Post)
• Lutheran's in Minneapolis sponsor annual Arts Festival (South Washington County Bulletin)
• Painter Richard Corbett's work at St. David's Cathedral (St. David's PR)
• Maine's Last 3 Shakers (Religion & Ethics Weekly)
• Churches Unite to Sponsor St. John's Bible workshop (Florida Times-Union)
• History of Salvation of Robert Juniper's Delight (The Record)
• A Vision to Save a Catholic Church in Philadelphia (Weekly Press)
• Methodist Pastor Fired for not believing in Hell (Video)
• Group Aims to Recreate King James IV holy pilgrimage to shrine (Press & Journal)
• Indian Government ends razing of shrines (Times of India)
• Religion Nearing Extinction in 9 countries (BBC News)
• Will Paris Skyline suffer because of planned Russian Orthodox Church? (World Arch News)
• Decaying Religious Artworks to tour Canada after restoration (Montreal Gazette)
• Stained Glass Window installed upside down in Iowa Hospital (Messenger News)
• Virginians contemplate building a new church and creating its art (US Catholic)
• Church celebrates artists life, 100 years after his death (HartelPool Mail)
• Pastor's Art is a form of Prayer (Fort Dodge Summary)

GALLERIES:

• Papa Mu Gallery Honors Hawaiian Culture and Tradition (Big Island Weekly)
• Wyoming High School Student Art on Display (Casper Journal)
• David Wojnarowicz's "Excavating the Temple of the New Gods" (Artinfo)

MUSEUMS:

• The Buddha as Icon (Huffington Post)
• God is Love at Leonard Knight's "Salvation Mountain" (KCET)
• Reopening Photo of El Greco Museum in Toledo, Spain (Art Daily)
• Chagall's Biblical Gift to his Wife (The Wall Street Journal)
• Jeremy Morgan at the San Francisco Art Institute Mixes East with West (SF Weekly)
• DC's National Building Museum Celebrates the Queen of the American Mosaics (Examiner)
• UNESCO urges all sides to preserve Libyan Treasures (MSNBC)
• 1,000 Years of Persian Kings in Books (Art Daily)
• Baylor University to celebrate King James Bible 400th Anniversary (Baylor PR)
• Owner of Museum of Russian Icon's decides to hold onto Russian artifacts (Metro West Daily)
• Groundbreaking Hindu Exhibit opens in Nashville, TN (Nashville Art Scene)