Iran and Japan Exhibit Calligraphy, “Anti-Mennonite” Art at EMU?

April 30th, 2008 by Menachem Wecker

  • [Santa Maria Times] The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is showing works commemorating F. Bailey Vanderhoef Jr.’s and Wilbur L. Cummings Jr.’s 1938 journey (info here) to Tibet to document religious art.
  • [Bloomberg] “The Golden Age of German Romanticism'’ at Musee de la Vie Romantique shows a different side of Romanticism, including works of the Catholic group, the Nazarenes, who “attempted to revive religious art of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance.”
  • [Pewsitter] Hugh McNichol calls for “quality reintegration of well-executed artistic pieces” in Catholic churches.
  • [Islamic Republic News Agency] Iran and Japan team up for calligraphy at the Imam Ali (AS) Religious Art Museum in Tehran.
  • [AP] $90,863: the latest auction value of Holocaust-looted work.
  • [Daily News Record] It seems unlikely, but this writer feels Eastern Mennonite University is showing “anti-Mennonite” art.
  • (Image: Stushie’s Art.)

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