War and religion are the subjects of a new permanent exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Art
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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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Pope Francis has chosen the first woman to lead the Vatican Museums
Barbara Jatta, 54, is an Italian art historian and graphic arts expert, who had been serving as vice-director of the museums since June.
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Los Angeles unveils the art, I mean, billboard of the future
A drive along Sunset can be a startling experience, each turn in the road presenting another movie star smiling down from on high.
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Art With Heart
Corita Kent (1918–86) deserves recognition alongside her far more famous secular counterpart, the pop artist Andy Warhol. But remarkably, no one has published a comprehensive biography of the artist who was seen by some as the “rebel nun.”
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Gift to a Good, Gray World: The life and legacy of Corita Kent
Corita Kent called people to the simplicity of the Gospel through her revolutionary art.
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Sister Wendy Beckett meditates on Janet McKenzie’s “The Holy Family”
In Janet McKenzie’s “The Holy Family” the unknown reality of first-century peasants has been transposed into another key.
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The dramatic restoration of the ‘Madonna della Strada’
For centuries worshippers had credited the “Madonna della Strada” in Rome with healing powers, though no one called it an artistic masterpiece.
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Art, a Necessary Voice: An Interview With Dennis Leder
What drew you to Guatemala?
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The Painted Visions of Fra Angelico
Not only did Fra Giovanni paint like an angel; he was, in his personal life, an angel himself. The friar’s “angelic” style and “rare and perfect talent,” Vasari informs us, were the result of a “simple and devout life.”