Spotlight on Black Saints
For a Caribbean artist, black saints don’t receive much attention — and he hopes his project will change that, as he told Günther Simmermacher Saints are our...
Category: Religious Art
Identification of painting as 17th-century masterwork brings joy to parish
By Beth Griffin – A parish in a neighbourhood that once had the highest concentration of Covid-19 cases in the country has found new joy in the...
Catholic sculptor hopes to inspire with his liturgical art
By Zoey Maraist – When he was 7 years old, Dony Mac Manus’ mother gave him a bag of clay for his birthday. The boy wasn’t thrilled...
Light in Silent Darkness: Paintings by Deafblind Rabbi-Priest
A book of paintings by a South African priest who is deaf and blind has been published, marking the 50th anniversary of his ordination. Redemptorist Father Cyril...
Come to the water: Mosaicists bring renewal to Rome’s first Baptistery
By Carol Glatz – Even though the baptisms the pope celebrates most years in the Sistine Chapel are better known, the most important place to be baptised in...
A Painting That Teaches the Nativity
A 14th-century altarpiece from Siena, Italy, tells the story of the Nativity in perfect visual terms, as Jem Sullivan explains. ‘Jesus was born in a humble stable,...
St Stephen and the “Holy Vaccine”
A poster of St Stephen holding a “Holy Vaccine”, by the Rome street artist known as Maupal, is seen near the Vatican. Maupal told the newspaper Corriere...
Why is Mary Blond in Famous Artworks?
By Fr Kenneth Doyle Question: I am wondering how the common representation of Mary in art form came to be. Whether in Nativity scenes, statues or paintings,...
Paintings by Deaf-blind SA Priest Published in New Book
A book of paintings by a South African priest who is deaf and blind has been published, marking the 50th anniversary of his ordination. Redemptorist Father Cyril...
Saints in a New Focus
Photographer Kristyn Brown has created portraits of saints using ordinary people as models. Günther Simmermacher interviewed the artist. One day her mother talked about a third-century martyr...
‘Angels Unawares’ Sculpture Depicts 140 Refugees – Same as Number of Saints in St Peter’s
By Mark Pattison – A new casting of a 3,5000kg bronze sculpture commissioned by the Vatican has made a temporary stop in Washington before it eventually finds a...
Artist Honours Nuns on Mural
Artist Ed Stross paints the images of 13 Catholic nuns who died of Covid-19 on the wall of his art studio. The women religious were Felician sisters...
