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By Gregory Disney-Britton
A Texas museum is going to build Ellsworth Kelly's 1986 design for a spiritual chapel. The Blanton Museum of Art will name it the "Austin." Kelly's designs emphasize simplicity of form, and are most often associated with Color Field painting and the minimalist school. The simple stone building will have colored glass windows, marble panels, and a totemic rosewood sculpture as a symbolic altar. Because we need sacred spaces, Ellsworth Kelly's "Austin" (above) is my NEWS OF WEEK.
In other religious art news from across the USA, and around the world:
By Gregory Disney-Britton
In other religious art news from across the USA, and around the world:
- Buddhist Art of Week: A five-ton Buddha statue comes to Miami, Florida [More News]
- Christian Art of Week: Sandra Bowden's gilded art displayed in Dayton, Ohio [More News]
- Hindu Art of Week: Nandini Valli Muthiah's "Disillusioned" still in Seattle [More News]
- Islamic Art of Week: Zoulikha Bouabdellah's "Silence" is censored in France [More News]
- Judaic Art of Week: Camille Eskel transforms the Fez into Jewish storytelling [More News]