The Amazing, Anonymous Banksy!
Frustration with the state of ‘modern’ art sometimes leads Christians to long nostalgically for the days of the ‘anonymous medieval craftsman.’ Those were the…
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Spontaneous Performance Jesus Painting … huh?
I’ll admit it. I’m skeptical of live painting in churches. Like sticking a square peg in a round hole, it often makes for an…
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Picasso’s Guernica: Propaganda, Art, or Revelation?
This post follows from recent discussions we have been having on the kind of role that human artistry may or may not play in…
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Illuminating the Bible
When I was young, one of my parents would end our meal together by pulling me up on their lap and reading a story…
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Art and Mind Games
On Sunday, 20 June, the Guardian posted an article titled, ‘Why Modern Art is all in the Mind,‘ reviewing a forthcoming book titled, ‘How…
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The Calling of Christian Artistry: A Quick Look at Howard Finster
When I lived in Atlanta, I would keep a membership to the High Museum of Art, that way if was ever bored in the…
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Reg Mombassa’s “Australian Jesus”
From the mid 1990’s Mambo designer Reg Mombassa shocked, horrified and delighted with his, now, iconic series titled “Australian Jesus.” The overwhelming community reactions…
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Lucian Freud: More Than Enough
Lucian Freud is surely one of the great contemporary painters. At 88 years old, the Pompidou Centre in Paris is currently hosting its second retrospective…
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Harlots Peddling Beauty…
Diary of an Arts Pastor recently listed his top 41 artist biographies. The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone’s biography of Michelangelo, made no….
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