Few artists can weave together theological, cultural, and aesthetic values as gracefully as Janet McKenzie does. As with many great masters, she makes the most...
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Just as I began learning the rudiments of the sacred art of iconography, the man teaching me left for an extended European holiday. He embarked on his...
From the era of the catacombs to the present day, Christians have a unique relationship to the art of the image due to the theology of divine incarnation. The...
I was 20 when I first felt that God might be calling a baptized Episcopalian to join the Catholic Church, but it would be more than 10 years later before I...
As an art critic and Catholic, I am often joyfully surprised by the unlikely homes of divine wisdom. St. Bonaventure wrote in his Legenda Maior that “In things...
In 2017, a Renaissance masterpiece by Leonardo DaVinci titled Salvator Mundi, which depicts Christ as the savior of the world, sold for $450 million dollars...
The first sign that something was wrong was at the luncheon following my father’s memorial Mass at St. Gregory the Great Church in Chicago in February 2020. In...
In July 2022, Elizabeth, a Catholic creator in the Midwest, noticed something that struck her as odd: The Little Catholic, a larger Catholic business...
On May 1, the 2023 Met Gala commenced. The annual fundraising gala, which is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, is viewed as the most...
Some people respond with anger or outrage when they encounter a controversial work of art. Their indignation can be all the more intense if the artwork touches...