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By TAHLIB

Even though I knew what to expect, this past Friday's Art, Race, and Space Symposium in Indianapolis surprised me as I listened again to strained and complicated assertions made about art, race, and civic space. The featured artist Fred Wilson  and his controversial "E Pluribus Unum", a public art commission for Indianapolis were the focal-point for the day. It could just as easily have been the "Art, Religion, and Freedom Symposium" because the battle of Art Experts vs. Race Experts is just as sharp with each side confidently asserting that they alone own the truth. The symposium highlighted the ongoing difficulty of conversations about public art but also its importance, and that's why Wilson's now abandoned commission (above) is my NEWS OF WEEK.

In other Religious Art news from across the USA, and around the world:

• Christianity in Art: Graffiti Church: Artist Hense wildly colorful makeover. [More News]
• Buddhism in Art: Creating the collection at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. [More News]
• Hinduism in Art: Satish Gupta solo show titled "Transcending Eternity". [More News]
• Islam in Art: Russia's Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts plans art exhibition. [More News]
• Interfaith in Art: Playstation's video game as religious art: "The Journey". [More News]

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