I’ve recently returned from a pilgrimage with Our Lady of Guadalupe. It did not involve traveling to Mexico however. Rather, it was an artistic pilgrimage that took place in the basement of my parents’ home, where for the past six years, I have worked to create a life-size paper mosaic of Our Lady.
In another example of the "diplomacy of art," the Vatican inaugurated a landmark exhibit of "spiritual" masterpieces from Moscow's famed Tretyakov Gallery and other state galleries in Russia.
Catholicism adds color to Jason Bach’s artwork. More
“Heavenly Earth: Images of St. Francis at La Verna” at the National Gallery of Art gathers 29 seldom seen prints, drawings, books and a precious miniature, crowned by the oil painting “Francis in Prayer” (c. 1620) by Italian master Bernardo Strozzi, himself once a Franciscan priest. More
The exhibit, "Heavenly Bodies. Fashion and the Catholic Imagination," includes more than 100 pieces from top designers inspired by Catholic symbolism and art, as well as 40 vestments and accoutrements from the papal office of liturgical celebrations.More
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Artists dream of having their work known and admired in museums or art galleries. Schuyler Workmaster’s art will be displayed on more than 160,000 windshields throughout Arlington. More
Johannes Vermeer, the painter from Delft who has edged out Rembrandt as the most popular artist of the Dutch Golden Age, is the focus of an exhibit now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. In the Protestant-ruled Dutch Republic of the 1600s, Vermeer was Catholic. Does it matter?More
During the turmoil of the 16th century, as the Low Countries struggled in a confessional war that ultimately divided their land into separate Catholic and Protestant states, many talented Dutch painters traveled to Italy to absorb the achievements of the Italian Renaissance and to blend those with their own national flair for descriptive realism.More
Brother Mickey O'Neill McGrath, best known for his bright colors and whimsical style, returned to Northern Virginia last week to reflect on art, faith and Salesian spirituality during an Oct. 27-28 retreat at St. John Neumann Church in Reston and an Oct. 29 breakfast sponsored by the Women of Our Lady of Good Counsel at Westwood Country Club in Vienna. More
A 28-foot-tall altarpiece, loaned for the first time ever from a Mexican cathedral, towers in the atrium of the Lehman Wing of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Visitors can savor the details of the dramatic story of Moses and Brazen Serpent on the lower story and then view the luminous Transfiguration in the upper. More
A unique event took place in late June at St. Charles Borromeo, one of this city’s five touristic monumental churches. A painting of “The Return of the Holy Family” by Antwerp’s greatest son, artist Peter Paul Rubens, came back to the Chapel of St. Joseph near the chancel after a 240-year absence.More
There has never been an exhibit devoted to the entire career of Sandro Botticelli, one of the most beloved artists of the Italian Renaissance— until now. This exhibit, spanning five decades of one of the most creative lives in western Christendom, is just a few hours away in Williamsburg.More