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By Ernest and Gregory Disney-Britton

"Puja and Piety" at Santa Barbara Museum of Art, April 17-August 28, 2016

April 2016 brings with it a new season of the art of the religious imagination, and this time from India! As Indian activists and Western scholars debate Hindu identity, Walt Disney Studios did their part too with "Jungle Book," and we’re excited to showcase the Hindu deities in a new exhibition, ‘Puja and Piety,’ at The Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California. This exhibition celebrates the complexity of Asian religious art by examining the relationship between aesthetic expression and the devotional practice, or puja, in the three ancient religions of India. The exhibition opens today. Question of week: What should Americans learn from the religious art of India?

For other NEWS OF WEEK from across the USA, and around the world, see below:

• Buddhist Art of Week: Kamakura: Sculpture of Japan [More News]
• Christian Art of Week: Spanish Colonial Art Show Ends [More News]
• Hindu Art of Week: "Puja and Piety" in Santa Barbara, CA [More News]
• Islamic Art of Week: "Wondrous Worlds" in Newark, NJ [More News]
• Jewish Art of Week: Salvador Dali's Jewish Art Series [More News]
• Movie of Week: "Jungle Book" Opens in Theatres [More News]

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