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ART TALK OF WEEK is that with only 10 days left in Ramadan, Islamic Art news (See Image Above) is every where around the world. Your three AOA Weekly questions for this week are:

  1. How should Christian’s engage the art displayed during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan? (Comment Online)
  2. What is the Creationist view on artistic freedom in religious art? (Comment Online)
  3. Can Evangelical, Baptist, and Methodist Pastors be advocates for Artists? (Comment Online)
Listed below are the rest of this past week's biggest religious art stories. The stories are grouped by the five largest faith traditions, with an additional category for other. We invite you to comment on them too. The commenting online is an experiment, and we'll see just how it works.

BUDDHIST ART:

  • Pakistani Buddhist Art Defies Odds to Show in NYC (Independent)
  • Korean Photo Exhibit Celebrates Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan (Korea Herald)
  • US Collector's Tibetan Carpets Are Masterpieces of Art (Bangkok Post)
HINDU ART:

  • American Quilter's Work Inspired by Hindu Kolam is on Display at Maryland's Tai Sophia Institute (Baltimore Sun)
  • Israel Show OR Protest Divides Indian Artists (Wall Street Journal)
ISLAMIC ART:

  • Orientalist Paintings: Western Artists Depictions of Islam on View in Egypt (Al-Ahram Weekly)
  • Art Review: The Divine Art of Islamic Calligraphy (The Star)
  • “Lyon and the Islamic Arts” at Musée des Beaux Arts in Lyon (Art Media Agency)
  • European Lessons of Islam Art: Far from a Rise to Nostalgic Reverie (Al-Ahram Weekly)
  • Algerian Capital Hosts Calligraphy Exhibition for Ramadan (ABNA)
  • Iranian Glorious Quranic Art Show Opens in Malaysia (Tehran News)
  • 150 Yrs of Building Bridges to Islam Thru Art (Ahram Online)
  • Birmingham Museum of Art staffers Learn Basics of Islam During Ramadan (Birmingham News)
  • LACMA Becomes First U.S. Museum to Acquire Saudi Arabian Contemporary Art (Art Info)
FINE JUDAICA:

CHRISTIAN ART:

  • Movie Review: "The Help" Starring the "Head of Christ" (AOA News)
  • BELIEVER FOR ARTISTS: Baptist Pastor Kevin Chubb in North Carolina (AOA News)
  • BELIEVER FOR ARTISTS: Pastor Joseph Shreve in West Virginia (AOA News)
  • Creation Museum Founder Comes to Indianapolis (AOA News)
  • Elvis' King James Bible On Display at Folger Shakespeare Library (ElvisPresley.com)
  • NYC Studio Launches Colorful Collection of Exciting Christian Art by Elise York (AOA News)
  • Naked David, etc. is Reason for Moral Decline Says Presidential Candidate (LATimes Blog)
  • LA Art Thief Get's Religion at Catholic Church (Los Angeles Times)
  • Tennessee Church to Display Stolen "Veil of Veronica" (WBIR TV News)
  • Important New Book on Ethiopian Churches (The Daily Ethiopian)
  • Sixty Artists for 60 Years of Pope Benedict's Priesthood (The Art Newspaper)
  • Follow the Installation of Adrian Kellard's Work at the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (AOA News)
  • The Redemption of Enrique Chagoya: A Controversial Artist (The Denver Post)
  • VIDEO: What Is God's Job? Stephen Colbert Asks Father Martin (Huffington Post)
  • Mumbai to Get First Museum of Christian Art Soon (Times of India)
  • Surfing Madonna Painting Available to Highest Bidder (AOA News)
  • Bible-Shredding Artist Judged "Not Guilty" (Kansas City-Star)
  • Christians Threaten Intersex Artist With Damnation, Not Death in Australia (SX News)
  • Filipino Artist, Mideo Cruz Apologizes for Offensive Art (GMA News)
  • Mideo’s Cross and the Philippine Art Contretemps (Asian Correspondent)
  • Artist Adds Irreverent Twist to Revered Religious Items (Coloradoan)
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