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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ wants us to heed the threat of ‘Christian Fundamentalism’

Shavout and paper cutting, a forgotten Jewish folk art form

Beligum has a church you can see right through

"The Perfect Countenance" - Fine Buddhist works of art at auction

Why Melania and Ivanka Trump wore black to meet the Pope

#ICastIt: Jonathan Frey on puppeteering your own production

Richmond, Va. to host major conference on Islamic Art

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Bangladesh’s Lady Liberty removed under pressure by Islamic extremists

Video game artwork introduces us to a Christian cult in Montana

Chicago painter changes white men for BLACK women in Michelangelo's famous fresco

On death row, American Buddhist creates art from pain

Broadway's Dave Malloy wrote ‘The Great Comet,’ but he’s not much of a painter

Contemporary art inspired by Traditional Islamic art at California gallery

Venice Biennale: Whose reflection do you see?

Caravaggio’s last paintings may hold a clue to the controversial painter’s mysterious final days

"The Journey of the Great Unknown" at the Asian Art Museum

Celebrate Weinberg Cherry collection of Judaica at the Museum

New Jersey town used zoning to discriminate against Islam

Kenyan artist blasts National Museum for censoring his 'religious' art pieces

Two men are sentenced to 3 years for attack on Sikh man

‘Extraordinary’ religious art, and more of King Charles I reassembled

Provenance exhibition shows challenges of tracing the path of ownership of artwork

Art community remains divided over Caravaggio found in French attic

Exhibition to showcase art the art of the Mexican City of Teotihuacan

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From Word to image: Christian colleges expand visual art programs

Marisa Martin challenges the art world's attitude about presidential daughter, and art collector

Milan and Christie's highlight Andy Wahorl's "Last Supper" series

Collectors pay homage to Italian Arte Povera, along the Hudson

Myanmar Is restoring temples to rebuild its religious heritage

Mahtab Hussain's portraits of British Muslim men – in pictures

Jeweler Joel Arthur Rosenthal (JAR) creates his first piece of Judaica

LA gallery welcomes Isreali photographer Adi Nes for fourth show

Cincinnati Art Museum receives record gift of nearly $12 million

Met Museum brings back Michelangelo's first painting in new exhibition

Art Review: The art of religion: Corny, cynical and everything in between

Prints of Makoto Fujimura's "Charis-Kairos (The Tears of Christ)" at Saatchi Art

Nation of Islam ring, hat fetch high prices but documents pulled from auction

New San Francisco exhibition to showcase art from the African American South

19th century jewel-encrusted crown stolen from French museum

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‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ set as NBC’s next live musical

The Rama epic at Asian American Museum sweeps awards

Iconographic summary of the bible by Chicago artist Daniel Mitsui

Mural of saintly pope kissing devilish Trump appears in Rome

Collector Antonio Besso's fascination with visual poetry

NYC's Frick Collection Exhibition presents look at Rembrandt's depictions of the Biblical Story

Smithsonian's Sackler closing In July, to reopen In October with "Buddha and Cats"