”Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art takes us back to the heyday of Abstract Expressionism.
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The Catholic case against A.I. art
It may be useful to parishes or publications on a budget. But something is lost when we replace human creativity with artificial intelligence.
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Does a light show at St. Patrick’s Cathedral deliver transcendence? You decide.
A new light show at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York promises transcendence…but the real transcendence might be in the cathedral itself, rather than the performance.
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‘Dear America’ at the National Gallery: an invitation to national self-examination
“Dear America,” on view at the National Gallery through Sept. 20, is conceived as a letter from its artists to the public.
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Caryll Houselander: Britain’s ‘rocking-horse Catholic’ and bohemian disciple
The writings of Caryll Houselander, a mid-century British artist, poet and spiritual writer, remain for many a treasure trove of honest reflections on faith.
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Laboring for Beauty: The Tradition of Catholic Worker Art
Since the first Catholic Worker artists filled the pages of its newspaper with woodblock prints, art has been an important dimension of the organization’s vision of the reconstruction of the social order.
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Gaudí’s masterworks beyond Barcelona and La Sagrada Familia
Gaudí is deeply connected with his Catalonia homeland, but his journey to holiness started in Astorga, 500 miles west of Barcelona.
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In ‘Raphael: Sublime Poetry,’ art points to a deeper reality
A blockbuster exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York offers a spiritual way of seeing.
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Catholic Movie Club: ‘The Mill and the Cross’ and making art in dark times
“The Mill and the Cross” tells the story of the painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder and the creation of his famous work “The Procession to Calvary.”
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A history of British converts to Catholicism
In her new book, Melanie McDonagh gives us a rollicking account of a group of highly talented writers and artists as they make their way across the Tiber.