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AOA WEEKLY PICK:

"Rainbow Gravity" by Ian Davenport (above), and other religious and spiritual arts news stories of the past week are listed below. AOA NEWS is new each weekday with an email news summary on Sabbath Sunday. If you’re interested in daily updates, you can subscribe by Facebook or Twitter. This week's collection of interfaith art stories are grouped into six categories: Books, Congregations, Galleries, Film/Video, Museums, and Shrines.

BOOKS:

Book Review: Praying with Icons (Speros News)
Gundler Prize Goes to Scholar of Medieval Icons from Indiana (AOP TIMES)

CONGREGATIONS:

California Sculptor Jan Krawczyk Creates New 9/11 Cross for WTC Church (The Malibu Times)
Bill Voila's "The Messenger" at Durham Cathedral (The Guardian)
Artistic Founders of NY's Chapel of Sacred Mirrors Present in Idaho (Idaho Mountain Press)
Cornelia Parker's "Thirty Pieces of Silver" Installed in Former Church (Yorkshire Post)
Sacred Art of the Russian Church on Display in Moscow Art Gallery (Reuters)
Christian Leaders Debating Place of Nudity in Religious Art (The Salt Lake Tribune)

GALLERIES:

2011 Winner of Australia's Clancy Prize for Religious Art (Canterbury Bankstown-Express)
Routes Gallery of Asian Art in Marian County, California (Patch)
Aros Crysto's GOD Jeans (Westside Today)
US Jewelry Designer Remakes Life in Mexico (McClatchy)
Jamaican Bishop Calls Jesus Sculpture "Satanic" (Jamaica Observer)
Art Review: Ian Davenport's "Rainbow Gravity" vs. The Methodist Art Collection (The Scotsman)
Justin Bieber Get's New Religious Tattoo (Just So You Know)
Rembrandt's, and More in Thrivent Financials Christian Art Collection (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Religious Art Gallery Moves Next Door to Strip Club (KEZI 9 News)
Detroit Collectors Show-off Czech Shadow Box with Music (Detroit News)

FILM/VIDEO/MUSIC:

Canadian Punk Rock Band Sparks Controversy over Jesus-Turd Album Art (Gawker)
Canadian Punk Band Returns Govt Loan (CBC)
Movie Review: Pirates of Caribbean (AOA NEWS)
Cannes Gives Top Prize to "Tree of Life" (The New York Times)
Movie Review: Children of God (The New York Times)
Jelle de Ridder's video, "Bill Voila's Life...in 60 Seconds" (Alpha Omega Arts)
Producer of "Survivor" to Turn Bible into Mini-Series (Hollywood Reporter)
"Hole in the Head" is a stunning documentary about Faith and Survival (AOA NEWS)

MUSEUMS:

Giovanni Bellini's "St. Francis in the Desert" Re-Introduced at Manhattan's Frick (AOA NEWS)
African Sculptural Art on Display at New Orleans Museum of Art (AOA NEWS)
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco's Bali Exhibition (The Los Angeles Times)
Video Artist Marco Brambilla at the Santa Monica Museum of Art (The Los Angeles Times)
The Many Faces of Hindu God Vishnu at Nashville's Frist Museum (The Kansas City Star)
October Weekend of Travel to NYC Includes Ludwig Blum at Museum of Biblical Art (AOA NEWS)
Major Islamic Art Show Hampered by Dispute Between Russia and US-Based Jewish Group (The Los Angeles Times)
Issues in Presenting Islamic Art in British Museums (Islam Online)
Joshua Goode Awarded Dallas Museum of Art Grant to Study African Spirituality (D-Magazine)

SHRINES:

Vatican Explains Pope's Virgin Mary Mosaic (Catholic News Agency)
Wisconsin's Virgin Mary Shrine is also a Home (Chicago Reader)
Chinese Govt Battles Vatican Over Control of Shrine (Catholic Culture)
Vatican Slams Modernist Sculpture of Pope John Paul ll (Artdaily)
Pope Shuts Down Monastery with Dancing Nun (The Mail)
Icon Painter Fernando Arango-Fernandez on Display at Florida Shrine (St. Augustine Record)
Religious Relics Still Making Rounds (The Oregonian)

Prayer for the week: With 55 days left to completion, we ask for your prayers for Canadian artist, Mark Philip Venema as he works through cultural barriers in completing his installation in South Korea, "Entrenched Thought" a spiritual work bridging a great divide.