All are variations on the theme of the Crucifixion ... by Pablo Picasso Credit: The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence Whatever the spur, once Picasso had executed this initial ...

Contemporary viewers must understand “Crucifixion” on two levels: its own historical context, that is, as a product of wartime Italy, and also as religious art. The former perspective gives ...

All of those conditions apply to one of the Art Institute ... canvas “White Crucifixion,” a painting from the eve of World War II depicting Jesus on the cross amid contemporary scenes of ...

Fragments of a Crucifixion continues at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago through November 2, 2019. The exhibition is curated by Chanon Kenji Praepipatmongkol. We hope you enjoyed this article!

The crucifixion story is a foundational one ... A goal was to show that faith is alive in contemporary art, but also to give museum visitors a place of solace, contemplation and hope.

Many contemporary ... much previous Christian art, the emphasis remained on Jesus’ victory over death rather than any desire to depict the reality or violence of his crucifixion.

God granted a saint’s wish: to die as a martyr. A killer painted the moment. There’s a lot to be mesmerized by in this almost eight-foot-high depiction of the crucifixion of Saint Andrew ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA ... s “The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew” among its many assets. “It also has reliably first-rate displays of contemporary art,” Smee ...