religion and art
Why Andy Warhol’s Brillo pads — and a million other things — are kosher
By Menachem Wecker — January 7, 2019
NEW YORK (RNS) — The mark for kosher certification often turns up in unexpected places — including Andy Warhol's Brillo pads.
Renaissance art goes green in two exhibits at the Getty Museum
By Kimberly Winston — December 12, 2017
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Renaissance artists bring a lushly imagined world of blooming gardens, fecund valleys, babbling rivers and frolicking animals to convey an old idea still with us today — that nature plays a role in faith.
Medieval mystic maintains hold on the artistic imagination
By Kimberly Winston — July 10, 2017
CHICAGO (RNS) When she died on a pyre in 1431, she achieved an immortality in art and literature that surpasses all of her contemporaries and continues in a new photography exhibit by Susan Aurinko.
Exhibit explores Israeli artists’ complex relationship with Jesus
By Noga Tarnopolsky — February 16, 2017
JERUSALEM (RNS) 'Behold the Man: Jesus in Israeli Art' subverts the idea that Christian art is a tool of religious devotion and suggests Christian symbols are central to Western art and, by necessity, to Israeli art.
What’s missing in teaching about Islam
By The Conversation — January 11, 2017
The teaching of Islam has been limited to its religious practice. Its impact on the arts and culture, particularly in the United States, is seldom discussed.
Vatican exhibits Rembrandt in gesture of Christian unity
By Josephine McKenna — December 8, 2016
(RNS) For the first time in history, the Dutch master has a show in the Holy See.
Iconography classes draw non-Orthodox in search of spiritual images
By Adelle M. Banks — November 25, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) A growing multifaith movement of people has been drawn to the art and the spirituality of iconography. They are taking short-term classes with experts, who often travel from abroad to teach U.S. students.
How the earthly and divine came together on the walls of a Basque church
By guest — November 14, 2016
ANTEZANA DE FORONDA, Spain (RNS) The town pooled its resources, stabilized the church walls, sealed the cracks and repaired the roof. Then a 68-year old former Franciscan monk and fine artist undertook a spiritual journey to the Basque capital.
‘Small, still voice’ at the 9/11 museum
By Beth Kissileff — September 9, 2016
NEW YORK (RNS) An artist hopes his work will be a redemptive force that helps to heal.
Alfonse Borysewicz’s lonely struggle gives Catholic art a modern face
By Yonat Shimron — June 16, 2016
(RNS) His paintings are all about faith; at the same time, they speak fluently and powerfully in the language and palette of contemporary art.
The horrors and hells of Hieronymus Bosch
By guest — June 9, 2016
MADRID (RNS) The 500th anniversary of the death of Hieronymus Bosch provides viewers a glimpse into the work of the man who created our modern vision of hell. It's not for the squeamish.
How Ben Shahn’s art anticipates Bernie Sanders
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — May 19, 2016
(RNS) Sanders, like Shahn, calls out for social and economic justice.
Tobi Kahn’s soulful art is for Jews — and non-Jews too
By Yonat Shimron — April 25, 2016
(RNS) The New York artist is one of the best-known and least easily compartmentalized contemporary fine artists doing faith-based work.
LA church makes art ‘everyday sacred’ and secular, too
By Kimberly Winston — April 13, 2016
LOS ANGELES (RNS) "Anytime you are in the presence of something beautiful, you are in the presence of the creative God," said R. Scott Colglazier, pastor of First Congregational Church.
What would Jesus craft?
By Kimberly Winston — March 22, 2016
(RNS) A new satirical DIY book has the answer -- a decoupaged "Last Supper Lunch Box" and more.
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