Francis recently granted a series of film interviews with legendary German director Wim Wenders that form the basis of “Pope Francis–A Man of His Word.”
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The Dachau Album captures the horror of the Holocaust and the necessity of hope
These photos, patches of uniforms and drawings create a piecemeal account of life at Dachau during and after the war.
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New Chicago art exhibit seeks to capture Catholic life in Middle Ages Europe
War and religion are the subjects of a new permanent exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Searching for George W. Bush in his portraits of the soldiers he sent to war
Bush’s new exhibition features 66 paintings of wounded veterans whom the former president has come to know.
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A ministry in art: The Jesuits who bring a religious lens to the arts
“Jesuit Spirit in the Arts” is a recent exhibition at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.
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600 years of pain and resilience are on show at the new Museum of African American History.
As the historic presidency of Barack Obama comes to an end, our country is reminded that the African-American story continues to be written today.
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Where are black lives and figures in art museums?
Kerry James Marshall (b. 1955) has a vocation within a vocation.
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Alma Thomas: an abstract expressionist and black artist, who fiercely resisted any labels.
“A world without color would seem dead,” she said in a 1972 interview. “Color, for me, is life.”
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The bracing, confident, Whitman-esque art of Stuart Davis
“Everything I have done since,” the artist later said, “has been based on that eggbeater idea.”
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Searching for the invisible man with Ralph Ellison and Gordon Parks
An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago brings the text and the photographs for “Harlem Is Nowhere” together for the first time since 1948.