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Showing posts from December, 2015
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Have a "Mary" Christmas this year! We'll be back on January 6, 2016

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Colombian artist Maria Berrio’s "Nativity" is exotic and ornamental

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Biblical art, like Christianity, is always renewing itself

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Head to Canada for the "(In)visible: The Spiritual World of Taiwan"

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Gay pride-themed "Festivus" poles have popped up across the U.S.

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Perfect holiday date: Religious art at the Springville Museum of Art

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The plastic Nativity scenes we know today go back to the Middle Ages

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Starting with the Renaissance, artists produced diverse depictions of the Nativity

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The sacred and psychedelic multimedia art of Lala Abaddon

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Great Britain's break with Catholicism smashed its nativity scene moment

The complex meaning behind Christmas’s most enduring symbol

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The first Christmas Nativities linked both birth and the death

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'The Many Faces of Christ': Forgotten gospels are part of Christianity, too

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Rare holiday crèche on display at Art Institute of Chicago

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"Kongo: Power and Majesty" at the Metropolitan Museum Art ends January 3rd

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Medieval theology is the antidote to the Islamic State’s religious ideology

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Artist Murakami wields imagination on a massive scale

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Virginia county closes schools as Islam assignment prompts parents’ backlash

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Protestant church celebrates Star Wars with sci-fi Sunday service

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Metropolitan Museum of Art explores iconic Van Eyck diptych

Mother Teresa is officially becoming a Christian saint

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Taharqa is the Nubian King who saved the Jewish people

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RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

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Star Wars is indeed back as "The Force Awakens"

Christmas is a time to reflect on the "God Gulf" on religious oppression

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One God to rule them all: Faith After the Pharaohs at the British Museum

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Lampedusa Cross will be British Museum director's final aquisition

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It's time to create a new "Gospel of Wealth" that addresses "Inequality"

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Must I collect my artist friends work even if I don't like it?

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Artlist's CEO Kenneth Schlenker explores $3,000 price-point for new collectors

Pope’s visit boosts charitable giving, survey finds

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Artlyst's top artists and art stories of 2015

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Tyler Perry to host live musical about Jesus on Fox TV

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James Turrell's "Meeting" skyspace in Queens, NY to reopen this summer

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Christian college professor Is disciplined after remarks supporting Muslims

Senegal, a peaceful Islamic democracy, is jarred by fears of extremist groups

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Artist J. Kirk Richards illustrates New Testament stories

NYC to release report on diversity of arts groups

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In American mosques, growing safety concerns — and more armed guards

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Jeff Wall's huge triptych evokes the altarpieces of the European Renaissance

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Sikh soldier allowed to keep beard in rare exception by U.S. Army

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Hozier's incredible new version of a "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen"

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Imranovi's graphic art tackles the horrors of the bloody Syrian civil war

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Black Icons of the Bible by James C. Lewis in time for Christmas

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Home of the Isenheim Altarpiece reopens with new galleries for contemporary art

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In ‘Mark Rothko: From the Inside Out,’ a son writes about his father

History shows how angry words by Christians led to violence against Jews

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Peter Doig's portals to mythic worlds now at Michael Werner Gallery

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Yoram Raanan's "Menorah Six" is art for the soul

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Fashion & style at Los Angeles churches is making worship...hip

An overdose of American Christmas leads to a bigger Hanukkah, and more

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Worshipping mother as God an inherent part of Hindu culture

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RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

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Movie Review: Watching 'Chi-Raq' during Advent is just messy

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Movie Review: In ‘The Tainted Veil,’ the Hijab is debated

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Movies Review: In ‘The Big Short,’ a morality play about Wall Street

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Movie Review: ‘Don Verdean,’ a sendup of ambitious pastors and the lure of religious relics

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Movie Review: ‘In the Heart of the Sea,’ It’s man vs. leviathan

Korea announces $1 million to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pantone’s Color(s) of the Year reflect gender equality and fluidity

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Hyperallergic conversation with Mark Bradford on AIDS, abstraction, and absent bodies

Conservative groups' lawsuit says Indiana's religious freedom law fix is unconstitutional

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Indy is one of 15 places in the world to host "Star Wars," the 70mm IMAX version