‘It Felt Like a Community Was On My Wall’
A Q&A with artist Ellen Elmes, about painting portraits of the 23 victims of the 2019 El Paso shooting. By Wendy McDowell
A Q&A with artist Ellen Elmes, about painting portraits of the 23 victims of the 2019 El Paso shooting. By Wendy McDowell
Exploring the link between spiritual liberation and abstract artistic expression in paintings of Hilma af Klint, Hilla Rebay, and Vicci Sperry. By Ann Braude
Syria: A Living History, a recent exhibit at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, focuses on the human context of art and artifacts. By Robert Israel
Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China’s Silk Road, an exhibition at the Getty Center, Los Angeles. By Marcia Reed
By making us present to ourselves, the practices of art and of prayer can cultivate awareness of our inmost being, waking us to love and compassion. By Mary Anderson
Longing for Mary and for the unsayable in the poetry of Mary Szybist and the art of Hayley Barker. By Sarah Sentilles
What do we mean when we say a work of Western art, especially a representation of religious law, has both “secular” and “religious” significance? By Suzanne Smith
Art, religion, ritual, dance, and song are not different phenomena, but moments in an existential struggle to act vicariously upon the world—bringing it into being. By Michael Jackson
Our vocational lives tend to be complex, unpredictable searches for meaning on many levels, from the quotidian to the transcendent. By Nancy J. Nordenson
A review of Susie Linfield’s The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence. By Chris Herlinger
Patti Smith’s Just Kids. By Stephanie Paulsell
“Natural Revelations,” an exhibit of paintings by Susan Swartz. By William A. Graham
A painter discovers that spirituality can be found in what is sensed rather than in what is seen. By Madeleine Avirov
Shinjo Ito’s artworks are both beautiful and powerful works of art and profoundly religious images. By Margaret R. Miles
Examining biblical art in a secular society. By William Dyrness
Thereligiousbelieverandthe formalistconnoisseurlookatart inverydifferentways.Athird waymightbeimaginativeempathy. By Ken Johnson