art and religion
What came after: The Counter-Reformation art of Carlo Dolci
By Yonat Shimron — October 30, 2017
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — His meticulous paintings of Christian themes, saturated with emotion and glistening with color, were everything the iconoclast reformers railed against.
So, how Jewish was Modigliani?
By Yonat Shimron — September 15, 2017
NEW YORK (RNS) — The Jewish Museum exhibit would be a must-see for Modigliani lovers even if it had no thesis, but it also delves deeply into identity, particularly the artist's brand of Judaism and its artistic expression.
Artist’s drawing of a herring on a bialy gains an audience in Bialystok — and Hollywood
By Menachem Wecker — July 31, 2017
(RNS) — That a symbol of Jewish folkways would command attention in Hollywood reflects the ways many Jews think about their identity.
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.
‘Portrait of a Bride’ tells the story of a market in Jewish art
By Yonat Shimron — July 3, 2017
NEW YORK (RNS) Isidor Kaufmann got rich selling paintings of Hasidic Jews to assimilated Jews. Today, Hasidic Jews are snapping up his works.
A 3-D digital scan throws a Buddha statue’s carvings into sharp relief
By Madeleine Buckley — June 22, 2017
(RNS) For years, museums ignored the religious teachings that form a large part of their art collections. Thanks to technology like 3-D scanning, they are beginning to explore it once more.
From Word to image: Christian colleges expand visual art programs
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — May 17, 2017
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (RNS) With new investments, Christian schools aim to equip graduates for an image-saturated world in which jobs, ministries and social networking require visual literacy and competence.
Marvelous miniatures give up some — but not all — their treasures
By Yonat Shimron — April 18, 2017
NEW YORK (RNS) This is a story about a mysterious artist, his glorious art, a failed royal marriage and virtual-reality goggles. And, oh yes, faith preserved 500 years in a wooden ball the size of a peach.
Wonderfully made: How churches are seizing on gallery spaces for art
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — March 27, 2017
(RNS) Churches now see an opportunity to leverage their spaces and use art to stimulate dialogue with groups they wouldn’t otherwise reach.
A partnership with Martin Scorsese gives this openly evangelical artist wider exposure
By Yonat Shimron — January 5, 2017
(RNS) Were it not for his outspoken Christianity, Makoto Fujimura would belong to the international art elite.
State of the art: A Q&A with the Smithsonian’s new religion curator
By guest — October 17, 2016
(RNS) With a major new initiative recently announced at the Smithsonian Institution, Americans will now be able to more clearly see the role of religion in the history of the United States.
Martin Luther as history’s first tweeter? An ongoing legacy, 500 years later
By David Gibson — October 7, 2016
NEW YORK (RNS) A new exhibit features a rare copy of Luther's 95 Theses. But the lessons this history reveals are as contemporary as your Facebook feed.
Met show celebrates Jerusalem as house of mirrors
By Yonat Shimron — September 26, 2016
NEW YORK (RNS) The show’s true spectacle is aggregate: dozens of compelling objects and images interacting, fighting, influencing and being influenced by one another, engaging in what might be called “Jerusalem Fever.”
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