Natural Disasters vs. Religious Art
June 18th, 2008 by Menachem Wecker
- BRICUP has asked jazz artist Branford Marsalis to boycott Israel
- A fire in Egypt has made it harder to walk in Jesus’ footsteps
- Other natural disasters to afflict holy places (with art implications) include a flood at a mosque and a falling church ceiling
- “Moses Striking the Rock” (pictured) now belongs to Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Angers
- The Vatican strikes back, wondering why Jewish groups won’t open their own archives (which might not be so secretive)
- “Angels & Demons” won’t get to film in two churches belonging to the Catholic church
- AAMD’s new museum ethics guidelines fail to impress Derek Fincham (HT: Art Law Blog)