Spirituality and Art

Interviews

• Bob Bowers

• Tom Break

• David Lee Csicsko

• Dino Carbetta

• Mary Jane Miller

• Father John O'Brien, OFM

• Awad Qumseya

Art and Spirituality Articles and Commentaries

• Christ and Art: A story of faith and creativity by Sr. Florina Joseph, SCN Vatican News

• Waiting to be discovered: Rome cloister’s frescoes celebrate the Rosary by Cindy Wooden Our Sunday Visitor

• Catholic artist Tim Schmalz brings Scripture to life with sculpture by Martin Barillas Catholic News Agency

• Why art struggles to understand St. Francis by Joseph Joyce Angelus

• Matisse and the Chapel of the Rosary by Father John O'Brien, OFM Profiles in Catholicism

• How this Catholic Sister Used Art to Prepare for Taking Vows by Sr. Bethany J. Welch, PhD, SSJ Jesuit Media Lab

• Dante and the poem worth dying for by Heather King and Desire Lines Angelus

• The American painter who was consumed by the crucifix by Heather King  Desire Lines/Angelus

• The Catholic artist and the challenge of evangelizing modern culture  by Thomas M. Doran The Catholic World Report

• How art can serve to evangelise by CathNews

• Art Enhances Stations of the Cross Lessons for Queens Catholic School Students  by Alicia Venter The Tablet

• Church restores sacred art for new building by Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.

• Beautiful artwork created by Jimmy Lai in prison will be honored at CUA by Katie Yoder  Our Sunday Visitor

• Artist attempts to recreate Mary’s face using Shroud and AI by Aleteia

• A Chilean-Jewish artist strives to capture the entire Torah in massive murals by Jacob Kessler  Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Mary Icons  by Mary Jane Miller Profiles in Catholicism

• Saint Francis and the Sultan  by Father John O'Brien, OFM Profiles in Catholicism

• Matisse and the Chapel of the Rosary  by Father John O'Brien, OFM Profiles in Catholicism

• David Lee Csicsko: Making the saints accessible today  by Joyce Duriga  Chicago Catholic

• Pope: Art reflects communion between God and humanity  by Devin Watkins Vatican News

• Ukraine iconographer and artist paints history while it’s still unfolding  by Nicholas Elbers The B.C. Catholic /The Catholic World Report

• A sculpture of Jesus at Rome’s airport is taking travelers by surprise  by Peter Pinedo Catholic News Agency. The Catholic World Report

• Artists' dreadlocked, tattooed icons offer a fresh take on the saints by Katherine Post Religion News Service/National Catholic Reporter

• Debate over abusers’ artwork pits tradition against new moral imperatives  by John L. Allen Jr. Crux

• The Sanctuary of Lourdes may remove Rupnik’s mosaics out of respect for victims  by Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Sculptor Edmonia Lewis shares message of human dignity through time  by Dennis Sadowski Our Sunday Visitor

• Sinner and sage: Despite troubled life, Caravaggio mastered spiritual meanings  by Carol Glatz Catholic News Service/Angelus

• Artist draws on faith as source of inspiration  by CathNews

• This Catholic family in Bethlehem has carved Nativity scenes for popes and presidents  by Courtney Mares Catholic News Agency

• Florence's Medici Family Used Portraits as Propaganda  by Smithsonian Magazine

• Catholic sculptor wishes to restore Catholic credibility amid modern evils  by Claire Giangravé Religion News Service

• 6 works of art that bring new meaning to the Eucharist by John Christman S.S.S. U.S. Catholic

• The Catholic artist and the challenge of evangelizing modern culture  by Thomas M. Doran The Catholic World Report

• School children's 'Eyes of the World' art installation sends powerful message to G7 leaders  by Independent Catholic News

• Vatican’s vanishing artisans: Traditional workshops struggle amid COVID-19 by Robert Duncan Crux

• New Zealand artist makes faith shine in Australia  by CathNews New Zealand

• In Philadelphia, artwork brings Catholic Church’s synod to life  by Kyle Desrosiers Religion News Service

• What Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel teaches us about God's creation, woman and man  by Kevin J. Jones Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• The Mystery Man’: A hyperrealistic artwork of the Shroud of Christ  by Johan Pacheco and Salamanca, Vatican News

• Stefan Salinas uses art to connect with Catholic ‘outsiders’  by Jeannine M Pitas U.S. Catholic

• The Catholic Art of George Tooker  by Dana Gioia The Catholic Thing

• Recalling the skill of a Benedictine sculptor  by Independent Catholic News

• On cusp of Roe v. Wade decision, pro-life sculpture to be blessed in Rome  by Inés San Martín Crux

• Artist sees stained glass as a window to the divine by Jacqueline Tetrault Pilot

• Inside Hieronymus Bosch’s Surreal Visions of Heaven and Hell  by Meilan Solly Smithsonian Magazine

• Michelangelo behind bars paints prison chapel ceiling  by CathNews

• Special Art Celebrates the Crown of Rosaria  by The Skanner

• Art deepens faith, says Sulpician priest, who has international following  by George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic News Service

• Priest finds inspiration for preaching in Corita Kent's vibrant serigraphs  by Julie Asher Catholic News Service/Global Sisters Report

• Marc Chagall’s Jesus  by Brad Miner The Catholic Thing

• How is painting like a prayer  by An Nguyen Vu, SJ  The Jesuit Post

• Get to know God the artist with painter Makoto Fujimura  by U.S Catholic

• Award-winning artist David Troncoso on life in a camper van, the Renaissance, and learning from the masters  by Autumn Jones Catholic News Agency

• The Divine Comedy in sculpture: Timothy Schmalz.  by Jane Farrell The Florentine

• Homeless Jesus: responding to those in need  by CathNews New Zealand

• Childhood Restored: Art By Young Holocaust Survivors  by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

• Schoolchildren's 'Eyes of the World' art installation sends powerful message to G7 leaders  by Independent Catholic News

• An Artist of the Yiddish Never-World.A newly reopened exhibit showcases the previously unknown photographer Shimmel Zohar, whose bizarre, arresting historical photos are nothing short of miraculous  by Eddy Portnoy Tablet

• Artist paints icons of endangered species to 'foster ecological conversion'  by Barbara Fraser EarthBeat

• The Catholic artist and the challenge of evangelizing modern culture  by Thomas M. Doran The Catholic World Report

• Vatican’s vanishing artisans: Traditional workshops struggle amid COVID-19  by Robert Duncan Crux

• The Masterpiece of the Divine Artist  by Elizabeth A. Mitchell The Catholic Thing

• Art and the late Linda Nochlin can teach us about suffering  by Ciaran Freeman National Catholic Reporter

• Catholic sculptor’s work to be part of COVID-19 memorial at Ohio hospital  by Catholic News Service

• Jesuits launch first online exhibition, celebrating Forty Martyrs  by Independent Catholic News

• Forgotten Last Supper Scene Linked to Renaissance Master Titian Spent Century Hidden in Plain Sight  by Isis Davis-Marks Smithsonian Magazine

• Wow Famous Artist Timothy Schmalz Reveals his New Sculptures of St. Padre Pio - Wrestling the Devil! VIDEO  by Jesus Caritas Est Catholic News World

• Fra Angelico – Opening Our Imagination to the Vastness of Divine Beauty.  by Billy Kangas Patheos

• Korean Catholic sculptor crafts artwork for all. Han Jin-seop's portfolio includes a series of sculptures of altars, pulpits and statues in Korean churches by UCA News

• Bishop Donald J. Hying blesses pro-life sculpture by Martin Hudáček  by  Joseph M. Hanneman The Catholic World Report

• Painting the Saints: Artist Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs Takes Catholic Approach to Her Craft  by Joseph Pronechen National Catholic Register

• “The Memorial of Unborn Children II” portrays regret, mercy, healing. Slovakian artist Martin Hudáček’s newest statue tells the abortion story through mother, father, and the lost child.  by Joseph M. Hanneman  The Catholic World Report

• A realistic 'Homeless Jesus' statue sparks conversation -- and a visit from police  by David Williams CNN

• 3020 Christmas stamp shows Peruvian painting of Our Lady of Guapulo  by Dennis Sadowski  Catholic News Service/Crux

• Black Jesus version of Michelangelo's Pietà divides Catholics on race and politics  by Claire Giangravé Religion News Service

• Restorers uncover new details in a Michelangelo Pieta  by Associated Press/Crux

• Sister Plautilla Nelli, the Forgotten Woman Painter of the Renaissance  by Solène Tadié  National Catholic Register

• In Chicago, shattered glass but also a vision of heaven  by Dr. Bryan Berry The Catholic World Report

• Art fosters Buddhist-Christian dialogue in Sri Lanka, Buddhist influence is apparent in churches throughout the island  by UCA News

• Artist Erin McAtee's faith journey led to a place of encounter by Stephen G. Adubato National Catholic Reporter

• Catholic sculptor re-creating Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ aims to shift the emphasis off hell by Claire Giangravé  Religion News Service

• Norwich Catholic high school launches virtual art exhibition  by Alex Savage Independent Catholic News

• Tissot’s Great Reversion  by Brad Miner The Catholic Thing

• Caravaggio: Revelation and Revolution  by Brad Miner The Catholic Thing

• Raphael's last paintings unveiled: A discovery made during a Vatican Museums restoration  by Paolo Ondarza  Vatican News

• Pope at Mass prays for artists: ‘without beauty we cannot understand the Gospel’  by Linda Bordoni Vatican News

• Tapestries by Raphael make brief return to Sistine Chapel  by Carol Glatz  Catholic News Service/America

• Celebrating the genius of Raphael, 500 years later  by Elizabeth Lev Angelus

• Raphael tapestries ‘integral’ to fully understanding Sistine Chapel, theologian says  by Inés San Martín Global Sister Report

• Restoration of Ghent Altarpiece reveals surprising face on the “Lamb of God”  by John Burger Aleteia

• 7 Little-known facts about Michelangelo’s Pietà  by V. M. Traverso  Aleteia

• Particles of Faith fills a gap in typical Catholic high school curriculums  by Mary Woods The Catholic World Report 

• Traditional Catholic Procession in the Philippines brings Millions to the Streets for the 'Black Nazarene' sculpture of Jesus  by Jesus Caritas Est Catholic News World 

• The ‘Holy Angels’ mural heralds the Gospel and one Chicago church‘s vibrant history by Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J. America

• Teenage hopes expressed through painting a giant mural on an Edinburgh church  by Rachel Farmer  Anglican Communion News Service

• Pope unveils sculpture commemorating migrants and refugees  by Vatican News 

• Bono and Guggi: A friendship based on art, punk rock and Jesus  by Cathleen Falsani  Religion News Service

• Exhibit brings Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel to Christ Cathedral  by John Burger Aleteia 

• Da Vinci masterpiece on loan from Vatican to be displayed in New York  by Christopher White Crux

• This Catholic high schooler painted a mural of black saints to help fight racism  by Zac Davis America

• A Painter of the Holocaust for Our Times by Pat Lipsky Tablet 

• Meet the Catholic graffiti artist who created a giant St. Thomas Aquinas mural in Texas by Vivian Cabrera America

• Inspired innovator: The startling Christian art of Tintoretto  by Zelda Caldwell Aleteia

• This amazing young artist sees Christ in each portrait she paints  by Carissa Pluta Aleteia

• Tintoretto’s Enlightenment by Fr. Robert P. Imbelli The Catholic Thing 

• An artist finds his calling in painting a city’s forgotten faces by Jean P. Kelly US Catholic

• Art exhibit by Roy Ruiz Clayton  by Saint Meinrad Archabbey Library Gallery

• Amazing Mexican Artist Captures Jesus at Calvary with Optical Illusion - Octavio Ocampo by Jesus Caritas Est Catholic News World

• The Catholic art of Frida Kahlo  by Anela Alaimo O'Donnell America

• Notre-Dame’s Artwork Is Headed to the Louvre   by Milan Polk Vulture

• Meet The Catholic Graffiti Artist Who Created A Giant St. Thomas Aquinas Mural In Texas by Vivian Cabrera America

• The greatest Christian paintings of Leonardo da Vinci  by John Burger Aleteia

• Teens’ sacred art on display at LA Cathedral’s Robert Graham exhibit  by Clara Fox Angelus Ne

• Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable review – a titanic return  by Damien Hirst  The Guardian

• Why paint the saints? An interview with Carlos Vega by Ciaran Freeman  America 

• Pietà offers meaning amid the betrayal of the abuse crisis  by NCR Editorial Staff

• Welcome to my world: Notes on the reception of Frédéric Martel’s bombshell  by Adam Ericksen  Patheos

• Art exhibit features mosaics, paintings  by Saint Meinrad Seminary & School of Theology

• Sculpture worth suffering for  by Heather King  Angelus

• Revisiting Leonardo da Vinci’s faith 500 years after his death  by Elizabeth Lev Angelus

• Papal Nuncio blesses Homeless Jesus  by Jesuits in Britain/ICN

• Diabolical liberty? Anger over Spanish city's 'friendly' devil  by Sam Jones  The Guardian

• Q & A with Sr. Venus Marie Pegar on her 'painting for the mission'  by Madonna Tividad Virola Global Sisters Report

• What Michelangelo’s flawed Pietà teaches us about Mary  by Terrance Klein  America

• Ramona student’s artwork on display in local gallery  by Angelus Staff

• American sculptor humbled to bring sand nativity to Vatican  by Hannah Brockhaus CNA/Catholic Herald

• Art and beauty can carve a path through a fallen world  by Meacham Wecker  National Catholic Reporter

• Recognition for a Much-Neglected English Catholic Artist  by K. V. Turley Crisis Magazine

• 'Soul of a Nation' showcases timeless power of black art  by Leo J. O'Donovan National Catholic Reporter

• Andy Warhol’s camouflaged Catholicism  by Ciaran Freeman  America 

• Meet Hilma af Klint, the spiritualist and unknown pioneer of abstract art by Karen Sue Smith America

• A sculpture of the Virgin Mary is a sign of welcome on the U.S.-Mexico border  by J.D. Long-García  America

• Church wins praise for sculpture of 'homeless Jesus' in Canada  by La Croix International 

• Finding hope in the anger of David Wojnarowicz  by Ciarán Freeman America’

• Philippine artist creates Christ image with guns, bullets  by Ronald Reyes La Croix International!

• Artists say "NHO" to Child Abuse. A remote village in India starts the change. by Stefania Minutaglio LinkedIn

• How Art Can Deepen Our Experience Of Lent And Holy Week by Margot Patterson  America

• Andy Warhol goes to the Vatican  by Nick Ripatrazone America

• 'A way of healing': Art and memory in Latin America by BBC News

• Afro-Latina artist reimagines Michelangelo's "The Creation of Adam" by Cecilia González-Andrieu America

• St. Xavier mural part of ‘Tribute'  by The Beverly Review

• Art and Spirituality: In the name of the mother  by Rich Heffern National Catholic Reporter

• An Irish monk breathes new life into liturgical art in Toronto by Dean Dettloff America

• "Australia Catalogue" highlights role of Vatican Museums"  by Linda Bordoni Inside the Vatican

• Rilke on the Lonely Patience of Creative Work  by Maria Popova Brain Pickings

• Art at St. Benedict the African reflects experience of black Catholics  by Joyce Duriga Chicago Catholic

• Matilde gives drawing to Pope Francis, surrounding him with love  by Albin Hiller Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace!

• An Irish monk breathes new life into liturgical art in Toronto  by Dean Dettloff  America

• Two new art exhibits address earthly spirituality  by Menachem Wecker  National Catholic Reporter 

Book Reviews and Commentaries

• In Light of Women: One Woman’s Journey with Icons by Mary Jane Miller Reviewed by The Right Reverend William O. Gregg, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

• The Sistine Chapel: History of a Masterpiece by Antonio Forcellino Reviewed by Sean Salai The Catholic World Report

• Art & Prayer: The Beauty of Turning to God by Msgr. Timothy Verdon Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

• Catholic Art Appreciation for Little Ones by Nicole M. McGinnis Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

• At Eternity’s Gate: Artists of the Infinite by Father John O'Brien, OFM Reviewed by Francis Etheredge Profiles in Catholicism

• The Dialectics of Art by John Molyneux Reviewed by Ciaran Freeman National Catholic Reporter

• Michelangelo, God’s Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece by William E. Wallace Commentary by Ingrid D. RowlandTheNew YorkReview of Books

• Jenny Saville by Richard Calvocoressi and Mark Steven Reviewed by Ciaran Freeman America

• What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance. by Carolyn Forché Reviewed via an Interview with Carolyn Forché by Nicole-Ann Lobo Commonweal

Film Reviews and Commentaries

• The Levys of Monticello Reviewed by Jacob Gurvis The Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Jack and Sam Reviewed by Julia Gergely Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• The Philadelphia Eleven Commentary by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• Godzilla Minus One Reviewed by Jim McDermott Religion News Service

• Mad About The Boy: the Noel Coward Story Commentary by Fiona Audley The Irish Post

• We Live Here: The Midwest. Reviewed by Fiona André Religion News Service

• Napoleon Reviewed by Andrew Fowler Angelus

• Lady Ballers Reviewed by Andrew Petiprin The Catholic World Report

• Once I’m Gone Reviewed by David Sugarmen Tablet

Theater Reviews and Commentaries

• Unreconciled Reviewed by Steve Pfarrer Daily Hampshire Gazette

• What I Really Think of my Husband Reviewed by Christy Lawrence Independent Catholic News

Exhibitions

• Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art

Videos

The Unbelief of St Thomas - Praying with Art - Geoff Wheaton SJ

The Catholic Church and the Arts

Pope John Paul II's "Letter to Artists"