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By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton

Parrish Art Museum acquires three large-scale paintings by David Salle including "After Michelangelo, The Creation" (2005–2006)

This week, when Ernest read Jericho Brown’s “New Testament” (2014) and we saw Terrance Chisholm’s play “Hooded Or Being Black for Dummies” (2015), we found biblical insights in two meditations on racism. Bible stories from "Genesis" to "Revelations" have also been soulfully reimagined by painters like Caravaggio and Andy Warhol. Conversely, David Salle's well crafted retelling at the Parrish Art Museum is an appropriation without such soulful insights. Sadly however, David Salle's "After Michelangelo, The Creation" is still our art of the week.

NEWS OF WEEK from across the USA, and around the world:

Buddhist Art of Week: Detroit Institute of Arts opens newly expanded Asian art galleries [More News]
Christian Art of Week: Caravaggio’s mark of madness traced in his paintings [More News]
Hindu Art of Week: Nalini Malani turns to a Greek myth to retell Indian tragedies [More News]
Islamic Art of Week: Anila Quayyum Agha is one of nine global artists explore paper at Sundaram Tagore Chelsea [More News]
Jewish Art of Week: Five new books touch on American Jewish identity and what will sustain it into the future [More News]

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Image from the cover of Jericho Brown’s “New Testament” (2014)

“Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies” is a comedic and truthful examination of growing up black in America by rising-star playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm.