RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

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By TAHLIB

Jewish photographer Annie Leibovitz creates iconic and revealing celebrity portraits, and Neil Patrick Harris as "Hedwig" is her latest for Vanity Fair. The Broadway revival, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," is the tale of an innocent boy (Hansel) who is emasculated by an absent father, a distant mother, and a series of men who at first profess devotion and then deny-it. Hansel becomes Hedwig as he gets wrapped in the serpent-like coils of this life while also developing a cult-following for his super-star talents. Even without a dramatic tossing of a mascara marked "Shroud of Hedwig," the Christian allusions are clear, and that is why "Hedwig" (above) is my NEWS OF WEEK.

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

• Buddhist Art of Week: A&O Meetup for lunch at Metropolitan Museum of Art [More News]
• Christian Art of Week: Poet laureate confronts his childhood abuse by priest [More News]
• Sikh Art of Week: Sikh collectors buy back their history one bid at a time [More News]
• Islamic Art of Week: Noha Al-Sharif's sculptures reflect religion and lifestyle [More News]
• Judaic Art of Week: Rabbi leads 12 Indianapolis artists on spiritual journey [More News]

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