RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS NEWS
By TAHLIB

Iconoclasm was back in the news this week, as breakers of sacred icons in the Ukraine, Tibet, and also Indiana and Florida smashed and painted-over sacred traditions all to produce new ideas. Such change is frustrating for religious people like me, who just like Art collectors prefer the preservation of rules and objects that inspire and protect tradition, but it teaches us an important spiritual lesson: "to let go." Founders of religious movements were also Iconoclasts. Jesus, Muhammad, Moses, and Buddha all smashed old traditions and painted something new, and that's why a photograph of names painted onto a face in "Family Tree" (above) by Zhang Huan is my NEWS OF WEEK.

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

• Buddhist Art of Week: Densatil, the Buddhist art that China sought to destroy [More News]
• Christian Art of Week: Corcoran Gallery gives collection to National Gallery [More News]
• Hindu Art of Week: The Panchatantra story at Indianapolis Museum of Art  [More News]
• Islamic Art of Week: Tahira Fida’s "Geometric Souls" captivates audiences [More News]
• Judaic Art of Week: Jewish "Souvenir, Talisman, Toy" controversy in Poland [More News]

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