Since 1993, the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA) at St. Louis University has been a haven for exploring the intersections of art, religion, and spirituality. Now, St. Louis is preparing to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ralph Fiennes stars in "Conclave." (Philippe Antonello / Focus Features) Edward Berger didn’t grow up Catholic. “I was raised ...

Spiritual and religious artwork hangs in the Springville Museum of Art for the 38th annual exhibition. Over 275 pieces were displayed. (Abi Falin Horspool) On Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Springville ...

Installation view, Chrysanne Stathacos, “Rose Mandala Mirror (three reflections for HHDL)” (2006), glass mirror and roses, at Union Theological Seminary for the exhibition “compassion” (courtesy the ...

The art historian James Elkins tells of his experience as one of four jurors for the 1990 exhibition “Revelations: Artists Look at Religions.” It was a big show with several famous artists in it, ...

As far as anyone knows, the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA) at St. Louis University was the first museum in the country to focus on recently created religious art. Where: Museum of ...

In the same way that western music has its roots in religious tradition, the interconnectedness between religion and art has been symbiotic; both evolving codependently to reflect social, cultural, ...

Do depictions of religious icons in art & architecture affect one’s experience with faith? Can depictions of religious icons in art & architecture have an impact on the deepness of one’s connection to ...

Religious art, in modern times, has fallen from the liveliness of the Renaissance, when religion was civilization and men brought a homely vitality to their church art. John Singer Sargent’s* symbolic ...

They're stuffy, elitist. You won't know what to look at or how to interpret it. You might bump into a bust. Busted for bust busting. Many believe these stereotypes about art museums, and museums ...

Two small exhibitions, one at the Met Cloisters, the other at the Wallach Art Gallery, bring the personal and political dynamics of devotional art to the fore. By Holland Cotter In 1983, at Japan ...