‘Sacrilegious’ East Van cross?
“The striking quasi-religious Monument for East Vancouver has the best qualities of effective outdoor sculptures: It’s simple but complex, historic but contemporary, irreverent but meaningful,” reports The Vancouver Sun in an article on 19 February.
Saint Francis – Art Compared
Right now there is an exhibition of Spanish Painting and Sculpture on at the National Gallery in London featuring religious works from the 17th Century Spanish Golden Age, including Spain’s remarkable polychrome sculptures.
Motives For Destroying Art
In the first of 2 articles based on BBC TV’s new art series “Art Attack”, Lawrence Pollard, the series presenter, draws on some historical examples to explain attacks on both secular and christian artworks, and the destructive element in the work of some modern artists.
Strange Events Around Brian Burgess Christ Sculpture
Strange events are occuring around a new sculpture of Christ Cleansing the Temple, on display in the Liverpool Academy of Art on Merseyside, reports the Liverpool Daily Post.