[The Star (MY)] Azmi Sharon has been to the Islamic Art Gallery to enjoy the “excellent Middle Eastern restaurant” but still considers it one of “certain things that may not impact our lives directly, and yet are still important enough to preserve and protect.”
[Times of India] Dina Wadia, daughter of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, may like it or not, but the Mumbai government is restoring the Jinnah House’s gardens “to reflect the Islamic-Art Deco style, replete with running streams and water fountains.”
[Blue Rat] Some theists say atheism produces bad art, but bluerat writes, “it is not objectively true that atheism produces bad art/music and culture. Though even if it did, that would still not be a reason to believe in God.”
[Pitt. Tribune Review] Tony Zinicola Jr. spent five days driving his 400-pound “nontraditional pieta” from Portland to Pittsburgh in a pickup truck. The trip paid off.
[Between] Jonathan Evens reviews Christian Art by Rowena Loverance. I’m working on my own review of that book, and awaiting responses from Lovernance.
[EURweb] On “Post-Black” and “Post-Jewish” art. Money quote: “Why don’t we call it, Post-Racism Thought? Because we know, just like there is no ‘afterthought’ on black expressionism, there has been no afterthought on racial expressionism. Both are real, and still very relevant.”
(Image) A file picture of Jinnah House, Wikipedia.
