(Above) Two works from St George’s Basilica which will hang at a new museum of Christian art in Victoria. [Times of Malta]
Christian art is often “uninspired and repetitive, especially for non-Christians,” argues Erin Dienst. “Rather than engaging cultural beliefs and assumptions, many Christians are content to keep singing happy little salvation songs from aboard their lifeboats without regard to the people who are still struggling in the water.” [The Daily Evergreen]
Bruce Gotobed, a former Jesuit priest and Catholic art collector, whose lock of Princess Diana’s hair was yanked from an online auction, says, “I know it sounds creepy, but keeping the hair of the dead been a cultural practice since before recorded time. The Catholic Church used to dismember the bodies of saints as relics.” [Sunday Star Time, NZ]
A Holocaust memorial stack of glasses now includes those of Jewish Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe. [The Herald, UK]
Prince Charles’ office has released a list of the gifts he received during his visit in Qatar, ranging from “pistols to coins to an Arab stallion.” [The Peninsula, Qatar]
XIIth Kuanding Tai Situpa, “a renowned Buddhist teacher and scholar, a poet, calligrapher, artist,” is exhibiting his work in a show of Indian still life painting at Delhi Art Gallery. [Deccan Herald]
Marilyn Henry on “Restitution roulette.” [Jerusalem Post]
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cameron Says
Keeping a lock of Diane’s hair is just downright macabre.
Jan 11th, 2008 at 7:34 am