Postcards: In Kosovo, graffiti rejuvenates Pristina’s concrete jungle
FATOS BYTYCI, of Reuters, reports on a colouful revitalisation project…
Pope Francis invites artists to the Sistine Chapel as the Vatican seeks a new cultural dialogue
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis praised artists on Friday as true visionaries who can see, dream and invent as he welcomed 200 artists, filmmakers and writers into the Sistine Chapel to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vatican Museums’ contemporary art collection. Francis acknowledged that some in the crowd – there was Andres Serrano, of Piss Christ fame […]
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 […]
Wow!: Artists give new life to Ivory Coast’s neglected ‘Pyramid’
LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY, of Reuters, reports from Abidjan…
Muralists have work in dozens of churches across 13 US states
Peoria, Illinois, US(Peoria) Journal Star/AP No matter how intricate the art or meaningful the message, Andrew Hattermann says his studio’s work comes down to one simple thing: Beauty. “We try to make a church more beautiful than it’s ever been,” the Peorian says. “That’s our goal.” Peoria artist Andrew Hattermann stands in the sanctuary of […]
ABRAHAM EXPLORED: FAITH GROUPS REVISIT SHARED ROOTS IN INTERFAITH EXHIBIT IN BOSTON
AYSHA KHAN, of Religion News Service, reports from Boston…
Senegal’s street children turn trauma into art in Africa’s biggest exhibition
Thomson Reuters Foundation Young boys who were forced to beg on the streets for Islamic teachers have turned their suffering into art, as they join more than 1,000 artists showing their work at Africa’s biggest and oldest biennale art exhibition in Senegal this month. Some 50,000 child beggars known as talibe live in religious schools […]