The Vatican unveils its project for the Venice Biennale of Art: inside a women’s prison
Vatican City AP The Vatican on Monday unveiled its groundbreaking project for the upcoming Venice Biennale of Art – a multimedia installation located inside Venice’s women’s prison, created with the active participation of inmates and artists and open to the public under strict security conditions. Pope Francis himself is expected to visit the Holy See […]
‘Rebel Hearts’ film features defiant US nuns “who stood up to the patriarchy of the Catholic Church”
Los Angeles, USRNS A documentary film chronicling a group of protesting nuns who clashed in the 1960s with their archbishop and every expectation of who religious sisters could be will air later this month on the streaming service Discovery Plus. The religious order Immaculate Heart of Mary, a group of nuns based in Hollywood, “stood […]
Former art studio of LA’s ‘pop art nun’ designated as historic monument
Los Angeles, USRNS The former Hollywood art studio of Corita Kent – a Roman Catholic religious sister who was known for her pop art covering racism, poverty and misogyny – has been officially designated a historic cultural monument. Known as LA’s “pop art nun,” Kent’s studio, which is now a dry cleaner, had been slated […]
Former art studio of Sister Mary Corita, LA’s “pop art nun”, spared from demolition for now
Los Angeles, USRNS The former Hollywood art studio of a Roman Catholic religious sister who was known for her pop art covering racism, poverty and misogyny appears to have been spared from the wrecking ball after all. The art studio of the late Corita Kent, known as LA’s “pop art nun”, is now a dry […]