RELIGIOUS ART | TALK OF WEEK

AOA NEWS
By Tahlib

A copy of "Jesus of the People" by Janet McKenzie is on display in Columbus, Ohio, and people from around the state are making plans to visit it and Aminah Robinson's new show at the Columbus Museum of Art. Across the country, other Americans are talking about:

1. The Vatican turns away an artist seeking to see Pieta for wearing a skirt ("Monday Talk")
2. Art inspired by religious leaders (Dali Lama: "Monday Talk" & the Pope: "Monday Talk")
3. The new art film, "Tree of Life" ("Monday Talk")

Below is the rest of the past week's best in religious & spiritual art news. The stories are grouped by the five largest faith traditions, with "related news" as an additional category.

BUDDHIST ART:

• International Artists on the Dali Lama (San Antonio Currents)


• Recreating the Richness of the Buddhist City, Amaravati (The Hindu)

HINDU ART:

• $Millions in Treasure Discovered in Hindu Temple in India (News Video)


• Preview: Hindu Temple of Oklahoma City, OK (AOA News)


• Andy Warhol Museum's "The Word of God(ESS): Chitra Ganesh (AOA News)

ISLAMIC ART:

• Islam Inspired Jameel Prize Announces Finalists (International Islamic News Agency)


• Shaikh Mohammad Visits Art Exhibit (Gulf News)


• Preview: Islamic Burial Grounds Oklahoma City (AOA News)


• Egyptian Officials Give Tour to Dispel "Art Attack" Rumors (AL-AHRAM)

JEWISH ART:

• Artists Beit Midrash Thrives At Skirball (Jewish Art Now)

CHRISTIAN ART:

• What the Church Can Learn from Artists? (Huffington Post)


• Spain's Museu Nacional d'Art Shines in Renovated Galleries (Art Daily)


• Cross Burning at Oklahoma Church (Fox News)


• Black Christ, the New Media Martyr (AOA News)


• Medieval Religious Artifacts at British Museum (Huffington Post)


• A Review: Devotion By Design at Britain's National Gallery (The Telegraph)


• Art Review: Black Jesus Appears at Ohio Gallery (Columbus Dispatch)


• Painter of Contemporary Pieta turned Away by Vatican for Wearing Skirt (Daily News & Analysis)


• A "Blasphemous" Exhibit Opens on Ireland Campus (Student News)


• Pope Opens Art Exhibit at Vatican (AOA News)


• Is the Cross Alienating? A Michigan Church Says, "Yes" (Ordinary Pastor)


• Salvador Dali's "The Ecumenical Council"


• Video: David LaChapelle on his Art, Warhol, and Religion (Art Newspaper)


• Vatican Celebrates Pope's 60yrs with Blaze of the Truth, the Beauty of Mercy (Russia Voice)

OTHER NEWS:

• Preview: African Divinity Comes to Indianapolis Museum of Art (AOA News)


• OKC Meetup for "Tree of Life" (AOA News)


• Church Festival in North Carolina for Gays, the Tattooed, and Liberal Folks (The Economist)


• Actually, That's Not in the Bible (CNN)

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