A new exhibition at the British Museum in London showcases the rich journey of India's spiritual art. Titled Ancient India: ...

Detail of Michelangelo’s fresco “Ignudi” on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City (c. 1508–12) (image via Wikimedia Commons). This made the Christian church an incredibly queer ...

Israel is home to a wide range of significant Christian sites adorned with stunning artwork spanning various periods and styles.. From ancient mosaics to modern frescoes, these masterpieces tell the ...

Crypto-religious art maintains its “crypto” status by not declaring itself, and the culture wars of the late-Reagan-early-Bush years made that position untenable.

Christian art, and contemporary Christian artists eager for their work to be shared with the world, there's little excuse to choose generative AI for the Facebook feed or the parish bulletin.

Since the Renaissance, modern religious art has loosed itself increasingly from medieval motifs. As a result, even the most sacred biblical themes came to reflect the spirit of a humanistic age.

Shrines have covered up their now controversial mosaics by accused abuser Father Marko Rupnik, but other institutions have ...

Christian art is, in fact, deeply rooted in pagan iconography. Giovanni Bellini and Titian, “The Feast of the Gods” (1514–29), oil on canvas, 67 x 74 inches (~170 x ~188 cm) ...

Rupnik’s Jesuit religious order expelled him in 2023 after more than two dozen women accused him of spiritual, psychological and sexual abuses, some while he was creating the artwork.

In 1993, Saint Louis University opened a new initiative that it touted as the first of its kind—in its words, “the first museum to bring an interfaith focus to contemporary art.” The Museum of ...