Conversations: Martin Poole – actor, marketing consultant, priest and author of ‘Church Beyond Walls’
ANGELA YOUNGMAN speaks with Martin Poole, founder of art and spirituality initiative ‘Beyond’ in the seaside UK town of Brighton…
Sudan’s war scatters country’s emergent art scene
Cairo, EgyptReuters Like many other residents of Sudan’s capital, painter Yasmeen Abdullah had to leave much behind when she fled the war erupting around her. As an artist, that included most of her work. “I had to abandon many things but also leave without knowing when I’d return, or if the things I did leave […]
Postcards: In Philadelphia, artwork brings Catholic Church’s synod to life
KYLE DESROSIERS, of Religion News Service, reports on how artwork reflecting the thoughts of young Catholics in Philadelphia points to the contentious issues swirling as the continental phase of the Synod on Synodality begins…
Inspired by Pope Francis, graffiti artist brings pop message to young people in Assisi
Vatican City RNS Pope Francis’ economic vision meets graffiti art in a new show by Roman artist Mauro Pallotta, or Maupal, who hopes his work will inspire the thousands of young adults gathering in Assisi this week as they imagine a new kind of global economy. The artist’s nine most influential works are on exhibit in […]
Dutch review government art collection for possible Nazi plunder
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters For at least two decades, a painting of fishing boats under an overcast sky hung on the wall of the Dutch parliament, admired by lawmakers who gave little thought to its origins. Now, experts are looking at whether the 19th century masterpiece by Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Fishing Boats off the Coast may be […]
Ukrainian artist couple turns military ammo boxes into Christian icons
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Visiting a military base in 2014, Ukrainian artist and icon painter Oleksandr Klymenko was struck by how much the bottom and cover of a wooden ammunition box could resemble a Christian icon panel. He borrowed one of the boxes from the base and painted a Byzantine icon featuring the Virgin Mary holding the […]
Wow!: An artist preserves Wuhan’s COVID memories
EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA, of Associated Press, reports on artist Yang Qian’s efforts to capture Wuhan’s 76 day lockdown so that it will not be forgotten…
Lifestory: Artist Jeromyah Jones – connecting Scripture to art remembering black lives and history
JILLIAN CHENEY, of Religion Unplugged meets US artist Jeromyah Jones…
Sight-Seeing: Present tense – Worshipping and performing in the digital age
TARA ISABELLA BURTON, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how the coronavirus lockdown is leading people to look at art – and worship – in a different way…
Homeless photographer’s haunting images spotlight London’s “invisible” population
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation A crumpled cigarette packet, wet footsteps on an empty street, a slender syringe pushed against a wall – lonely images that exemplify the haunting exhibition of photographs taken by a homeless Londoner, which opened on Thursday. The gritty tableau are the work of Andy Palfreyman, a 54-year-old homeless man known as the […]