Vatican, China Launch Joint Art Shows
As a gesture of openness, cooperation and “cultural diplomacy”, the Vatican Museums have organised two joint art exhibitions with China.
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Beautiful Churches – Here’s My Favourites
Fr Sean Collins CSsR, – Father Chris Townsend’s column on worthy and beautiful Catholic churches in South Africa was a delight to read, as well as raising a “moot point”.
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Art Can Distort Church Figures
How historical figures can be distorted was brought home to me while I was visiting the Prado Museum in Madrid earlier this year.
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Keeping the Garden Green: Vatican uses Essential Oils on Outdoor Art
The Vatican Museums and the Vatican City governor’s office – which includes the gardeners – are involved in a five-year project to develop ecologically friendly cleaning agents and techniques to clean, restore and maintain the 570 works of art on display outside. Those works include fountains, statues and stone plaques.
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British Benedictine, 82, Creates Mural to Capture Order’s Charisms
When Mother Joanna Jamieson went back to art school after more than 60 years in a Benedictine convent, she was likened by one British national newspaper to an “intergalactic time traveller” who hadn’t heard a record by the Beatles or seen a James Bond film.
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Durban Artists’ Group Draws Inspiration from Trappists
A group of 16 artists from Durban have been experiencing their own sense of wonder at creation by trailing the 19th-century Trappist monks of KwaZulu-Natal.
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Let Our Churches Be Works of Art
I’ve been thinking about how we in South Africa — like many other places —are struggling with what our churches mean and should look like. I’ve been thrown into this struggle in the last few years when I’ve become responsible for renovation and restoration projects that preserve and enhance our Catholic legacy.
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Art As You’ve Never Seen It: New film highlights Pope Francis’ vision
What do the Sistine Chapel, a used car with 186,000 miles on the odometer and a statue of Our Lady
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How Many Faces Does Jesus Have?
Eurocentric depictions of Jesus dominate in our schools and churches. FR BRUCE BOTHA SJ argues that alternative images of Christ
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