RELIGIOUS ART | TALK OF WEEK

AOA NEWS
By Tahlib

KEHINDE WILEY's painting “Alios Itzhak” (above) was purchased by the Jewish Museum of NY, and helps to launch this year's dialogue about Judiasm's High Holy season. Wiley is the 2008 honoree of the A&O Prize for Contemporary Religious Art (first honoree). The three AOA questions for this week are:

1. What can the visual arts teach non-Jews about the High Holydays? (Comment Here)
2. Will Americans learn about Buddhism by attending Buddhist art shows? (Comment Here)
3. Why should young Americans participate in interfaith Religious Art exhibits? (Comment Here)

Listed below are the other stories of this past week in the world of religious art. The stories are grouped by the five largest faith traditions, with an additional category for other.

BUDDHIST ART:

• Buddhist ''Thangka'' Paintings Enrich Tibetan Culture (MSN | Pakstan Matters)
• Do Americans Miss the Point of Buddhism? (Huffington Post)
• So Serene: Buddhist Art Show Graces Tadao Ando's Pulitzer Foundation in St. Louis (ArtInfo)

HINDU ART:

• Australian Play About Hindu God Concerns Hindu Leader from USA (The Herald Sun)
• Asia Dominates New Season of Art Shows (The New York Times)

ISLAMIC ART:

• Islamic Center Near Ground Zero Launches with Art Exhibit (MSNBC)
• Asia Dominates New Season of Art Shows (The New York Times)
• Met Museum Places Islamic Art on a New Pedestal (The New York Times)

JUDAICA FINE ART:

• Pittsburgh's Beth Shalom Art Show Gets Under Way This Week (The Jewish Chronicle)
• Philadelphia Art Museum exhibit puts Jewish Face on Rembrandt (Jewish Community Chronicle)
• Shofar FlashMob Around The World (Huffington Post)
• 'Art of High Holidays' Video Casts New Light on Jewish Culture (The Examiner)
• Kehinde's Wiley's Painting that Begat a Whole Show (The New York Times)

CHRISTIAN ART:

• Video of Week: Artist, Maku Fujimura (McManus Studios)
• Believer For Artists: Lutheran Pastor Mike Frankowiak (AOA News)
• Earliest Known Images of Christ on Display at NYU (The New York Observer)
• Nude Art Exposes Christianities Original Sin (The Guardian)
• After 15-Yrs: Hand-drawn St. John’s Bible, Now Finished (The Christian Post)
• Symposia on Art & Faith in Massachusetts (AOA News)
• First Museum of Christian Art Opens Doors Tomorrow in Mumbai, India (Time of India)

RELATED ARTS:

• Indiana's Religious Art Prize for Youth, Oct. 26 (AOA News)
• Video: Prayer installation wins Blake Prize (ABC News)
• Official Blake Prize 2011 Video (Blake Society)
• Sada Mire: Uncovering Somalia's Heritage (BBC World News)
• Indian Paintings Sell for $9.7 Million at Christies, Sotheby's (Bloomberg)
• Rare and Provocative Religious Imagery at Bangkok Gallery (Bangkok Post)
• Gods and Monsters Haunt Sweet-briar Art Exhibit (WSLS10)

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