NEW: The @AshmoleanMuseum has confirmed that the Fra Angelico masterpiece will go on public display from December.
The museum has successfully raised £4.48 million to secure the acquisition of Fra Angelico’s exquisite Crucifixion for the public.
Henri Rousseau, an unlikely pioneer of modern art, painted an image that resonates with the elemental and mythical, calling the imagination to attention.
Read Otto Bam's reflection on this striking painting here: https://t.co/V4qtIUOca4
‘The Kitchen: Carrying the Milk’ (2009) is a video performance by Marina Abramović. Recorded without an audience in an abandoned Carthusian nunnery in Gijón, the performance is an ode to the mystic Teresa of Ávila. Read more -> https://t.co/tfLAx75ehB
David Lyle Jeffrey writes, "Rubens’ resurrected Lord is glorious, but far from manageable. That, Rubens suggests, ought to be a source of abiding Christian comfort. He is a great god and a mighty king above all gods." Read the full meditation: https://t.co/KjSuTS9Mmh
Artist Matthew Askey's Stations of the Cross profoundly inhabit their immediate situation in space and time – yet enable viewers to immerse themselves in Christ's journey to the cross. @jevens interviews Askey about the project and more: https://t.co/UIskRAasI6
Anticipating the Feast of the Annunciation (normally celebrated on the 25th of March – this year on the 8th of April), we look at Lamidi O. Fakeye's "Annunciation of the Angel to Mary."
Read Scott Rayl's meditation here: https://t.co/CEr1BGvDZ1
The photograph, "Blanket I", by the artist Güler Ates, is part of "Stations of the Cross Hengelo" in the Netherlands, an exhibition that leads like a Via Dolorosa through the former industrial city of Hengelo. Read more https://t.co/3GjxjbVAIo
Our visual meditation this week is on Bulgarian artist Silvia Dimitrova's "Miriam".
Otto Bam writes: "The painting of Miriam invites us to look deeper at the character of this extraordinary woman and the events in which she played such a pivotal role.
Otto Bam: "This wonderful painting, dated 1596, is by the Flemish painter Jan Brueghel. The artwork depicts a biblical scene that has rarely found its way onto a canvas: the Apostle Paul’s departure from Caesarea." Read more: https://t.co/EanKTq4rQT
MAKING ART IN A TIME OF CRISIS. Rod Pattenden, Jason Goroncy, and Maissa Alameddine were recently interviewed by Meredith Lake for the ABC’s Soul Search program. https://t.co/q40gvMuBGT
“POETRY AND THEOLOGY: 1800–PRESENT” FEB. 2024. A joint venture between numerous departments at Duke University, the symposium features top scholars and contemporary artists in the fields of theology, literature, and poetry. https://t.co/gVFcq6sfXN