Art
The Gore and Agony of New Baroque Sculptures at the Met
Baroque Spanish sculpture was long considered gaudy and secondary to the paintings of the same era but that is changing.
Religion
News
Sad News for Satanists: Oklahoma's Ten Commandments Monument Must Go
Today the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the granite Ten Commandments currently standing on the state capitol grounds must be removed.
Art
Light up a Lithophane, Reveal a Hidden 19th-Century Image
Imperceptible in the light, only when illuminated by flame in the dark is a 19th-century lithophane image revealed.
News
Looking for Leonardo in van Gogh's "Cafe Terrace at Night"
Did Vincent van Gogh hide an homage to Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” in one of his most famous paintings?
Books
Belief, Reason, and the Origins of the World in a Striking Series of 19th-Century Illustrations
Galileo and other troublemakers aside, science and religion didn't have such a complete falling out until the 19th century.
Interview
ArtPrize Winner Anila Quayyum Agha Talks Sacred Spaces and Religion
Last Friday, Pakistani-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha won both the popular and juried vote at ArtPrize for her installation "Intersections." It was the first time in the history of the Grand Rapids-based competition that an artist reaped top honors in both categories.
News
No False I-Dolls: Religious Barbie Show Ken't Go On
Two Argentinian artists are facing vehement criticism for creating Barbie dolls inspired by religious figures, and the Buenos Aires gallery planning to exhibit them has cancelled the show ahead of its opening.
Art
Rare Windows Into the Past: Canterbury Stained Glass Arrives at the Cloisters
Six of the medieval stained-glass windows that usually soar some 60 feet up in England's Canterbury Cathedral are on their first journey outside of their ecclesiastical home, brought down to a more intimate level in an exhibition at the Cloisters in Upper Manhattan.
News
Satanist Group Proposes 19th C Horned-Goat Monument for Oklahoma Capitol
The Satanic Temple of New York unveiled on Monday designs for a Satanic monument on the steps of the Oklahoma State Capitol. The edifice, featuring plenty of occult symbolism and smiling children, is proposed for the site adjacent to the capitol's controversial Ten Commandments statue.
News
One Nation Under Satan: Religious Sculpture on State Property Rankles in Oklahoma
One only has to stumble over the last lines of the Pledge of Allegiance or look at the back of a dollar bill to see how monotheistic religion is cemented in the United States.
Art
A Visit to an Overlooked Folk Art Cave of Crystals
MEMPHIS — Secreted in a cemetery in Memphis is a meditative work of 1930s folk art, a man-made cave created from five tons of quartz crystal and a unique process of turning concrete to wood.
Art
Courtauld Institute Attempts to Catalogue Every Work of Gothic Ivory Art
The last time anyone attempted to catalogue all known Gothic ivory sculpture was a three-volume publication from a French scholar in 1924, but now the Gothic Ivories Project at London's Courtauld Institute of Art is taking a 21st century stab at it with an online database.