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Ark Encounter celebrated first year with 1 million visitors

The heavy metal symbolism of the Salon Rose+Croix

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For one artist, Russian Orthodox icons mean the perfect blend of art and spirit

Markus Lüpertz gets permission to paint controversial subway murals drawn from the bible

Del Kathryn Barton shows off Australian art's risque side in Berlin

Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibits masterpieces by painter Cristóbal de Villalpando

Collector: Cheech Marin, searching for a ‘Chicano Rockwell’

‘Forms and Expressions of Prayer’ at Tokyo's Idemitsu Museum of Arts

Mayor gives green light for Lumiere to return to London in 2018

Why is Jerusalem’s Temple Mount so disputed?

In Jerusalem, rabbis are designing a new hi-tech temple to build on Temple Mount

Cristóbal de Villalpando's holy canvases arrive at the Met

Creationist Ken Ham blames atheists for his "Noah's Ark Park" failure

Artist Anila Quayyum Agha named one of nine judges for Michigan's ArtPrize

Sacred art, reunited with its religious intent

The Muslim man with a ‘forbidden’ job: making Christian religious statues

Bavarian State Painting Collections restitutes 'The Raising of Lazarus'

'Ark Park' violates agreement, gets over $18 million in state tax breaks suspended

Moishe House Brookline exhibit puts spotlight on emerging Jewish artists

Exhibition of Contemporary Iranian Art at Susan Eley Fine Art, New York

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Old Masters art work from across five millennia attracts high profile buyers across the globe

Danish visual artist Jens Galschiøt exhibits the dark and bright of religions

Ark Encounter thrills gay community with rainbow light display

A Kentucky-based amusement park wants to take back rainbows from gay people

Conflict, exile, uprising: Arab art from the modern to the contemporary

Islamic women explore their identities In London exhibition

When Jamie Wyeth painted Andy Warhol's dachshund

Anita Breitenberg's "Disdain|Desire" opens at Convergence

Exhibition in Vietnam shows Indian photographer’s works

DC's Museum of the Bible puts unprecedented spotlight on source of Judeo-Christian civilization

Ohio artist restores religious statues, stirs memories of closed parishes

Karnataka's magical wooden idols at new art show

The obsessive art and great confession of Charlotte Salomon

Imagine a scripture. Now visit BYU’s ‘The Interpretation Thereof.’ Imagine it again.

Local artist’s coloring book for grown-ups features traditional Buddhist imagery

An Islamic ‘Sanctuary’ of prayer rugs is coming to San Fransico

A Saudi artist Abdulnasser Gharem "pauses" in the face of politics

Nudes in sacred art convey 4 different types of symbolism

Adam & Eve Project artists to continue exhibiting at a second UK location

Movie Review: "500: The Impact of the Reformation Today"

Visual activist Zanele Muholi presents an arresting depiction of the black LGBTQI community

Chinese villagers fight Dutch art collector in court over Buddha statue containing mummy

Road trip to Noah’s Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky

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Husband of an artist starts a nonprofit for Muslim artists to tackle a big issue in their community

Capturing inner light in photos of yoga masters

Archie Rand's ‘The 613’ paintings at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum