Marc Chagall
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.
COMMENTARY: Pope Francis, Marc Chagall and the Jews
By Noam E. Marans — March 3, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) Pope Francis is a devoted fan of artist Marc Chagall, and his favorite is Chagall’s “White Crucifixion,” which depicts Jesus on the cross, wrapped in a Jewish prayer shawl and encircled by scenes of endangered Jews. That tells us a lot about this pope, and the future of Christian-Jewish relations.
Marc Chagall’s Jesus paintings focus of Jewish Museum exhibit
By Chris Herlinger — January 17, 2014
(RNS) The first U.S. exhibition exploring the "darker works" of Marc Chagall (1887-1985) shows a Jewish artist obsessed with Jesus.
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