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Defying critics, Arkansas legislators pass own religious freedom bill

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"Fix this now!" says The Indianapolis Star newspaper to Indiana's legislators

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American extremists eroding freedom in the name of freedom

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Your next Sunday dinner, face off with Kehinde Wiley

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Large, rare statue portraying the death of Buddha unearthed at ancient Bahmala stupa site

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RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

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All the places you'll go? Only Springfield, Illinois has a Dr. Suess museum

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Religious bronze statue to travel from Italy to San Juan basilica

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Indiana governor signs 'religious freedom' bill in private ceremony

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Artifact destruction by ISIL is act of ‘heritage terror’

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Carmaker Hyundai expected to announce 'unprecedented' museum sponsorship deal in LA

Indiana religious freedom act: Does it protect faithful or legalize prejudice?

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Stained glass artist Judith Schaechter pushes the boundaries of the Garden of Eden

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Priceless stolen Buddha statue with mummified monk inside turns up in museum show

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The Zen of Painting: Buddhist artist to visit, teach in Reno

Reclaiming the human figure – art exhibit uses body, form to evangelize

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Digitizing religious art is important, but there's no impact like being there

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The sacred space behind Sam Shahid’s closed doors

Book Review: ‘God’s Bankers,’ by Gerald Posner

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Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Awards Grant to Asia Society NY for Performing Arts Project

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At the home of the Protestant Reformation, anti-Semetic European art graces the church facade

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RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

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Renaissance masterpieces by Donatello now at NYC's Museum of Biblical Art

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The subversive beauty of ArtPrize winner Anila Quayuum Agha

Collectors can take part in Sothebys auction streamed online on eBay

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Laughing at ISIL: Refugees use video instead of bullets to fight extremism

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$10M expansion of Indy Hindu temple to open in June

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First survey of photographs by provocative contemporary artist Piotr Uklański

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Centuries old works now surrounded with gold

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Kehinde Wiley's religious art is even in the FOX hit show 'Empire'

Jeb Bush, 20 years after conversion, still finds serenity in his Catholic faith

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‘Lincoln and the Jews’ at New-York Historical Society explores bonds with a nation’s growing minority

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Saints alive (and almost dead): the power of Counter-Reformation paintings

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Book review: "Mark Rothko: Towards The Light In The Chapel" by Annie Cohen-Solal

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What the racist, homophobic Kehinde Wiley backlash is really about?

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California art exhibit puts new spin on religious objects

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Indian Buddhist Art in Japan from Indian Museum, Kolkata

Presbyterians give final approval to same-sex marriage in America

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Sacred poems in a golden box by Carol P. Kunstadt

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Meet the muses behind Kehinde Wiley's captivating religious portraits

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HH Dorje Chang III is just one of the headlines in this week's explosion of interest in Buddhism

Jameel Prize to feature Islamically themed works

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A crash course in nirvana ‘Buddhist Art of Myanmar’ at the Asia Society Museum

Religious freedom (aka oppression) grows in Burma too, as three are arrested

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Buddhist Artist Hu Junjun opens up about art and the ego

Indiana House panel OKs religious freedom bill

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What to make of the Village Voice’s offensive Kehinde Wiley review?

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Art Review: ‘Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic’ at the Brooklyn Museum

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Nam June Paik's "Golden Buddha" may be the mascot for Art Basel Hong Kong

Is the "Utah Compromise" a sign of peace in the gay rights vs. religious freedom wars?

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RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

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Movie Night: In ‘Cinderella,’ Disney polishes its glass slippers into boxoffice gold

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Buddhist, Tibetan Art & Qing Dynasty splendors dominate Gianguan auctions Asia Week sale

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Meet the newest comic book hero fighting the Taliban. He's a Sikh secret agent

Art foundation reports that art market sales are on the rise

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Asia Week in NYC celebrates an array of art as vast as a continent

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Hoosier postmodern architect Michael Graves dies at 80

Vatican receives ransom demand for stolen Michelangelo letters