Artwork at closed UK parish church added to national heritage register
Following a campaign by art historians, the UK government has added the ‘Oldham Mural’ masterpiece to its national heritage register.
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by bcadmin | Aug 13, 2022 | Church closings, Church in UK and Ireland, England, Great Britain, lead, mosaic, News, religious art, United Kingdom | 0 |
Following a campaign by art historians, the UK government has added the ‘Oldham Mural’ masterpiece to its national heritage register.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 11, 2022 | Church in Scotland, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, lead, News, religious art, Scotland, Scottish bishops, Stations of the Cross, United Kingdom | 0 |
Scotland’s Blairs Museum is showcasing a series of engravings of the Stations of the Cross for its 2022 season.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 24, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, Cyprus, Icons, News, Orthodox Church, religious art | 0 |
An 18th-century icon that a British officer spirited out of war-wracked Cyprus in 1974 was returned Wednesday to the island’s Orthodox Church by the officer’s son to reunite it with those “who really appreciate what it stands for.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 24, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, Cyprus, Icons, News, Orthodox Church, religious art | 0 |
An 18th-century icon that a British officer spirited out of war-wracked Cyprus in 1974 was returned Wednesday to the island’s Orthodox Church by the officer’s son to reunite it with those “who really appreciate what it stands for.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 24, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, Cyprus, Icons, News, Orthodox Church, religious art | 0 |
An 18th-century icon that a British officer spirited out of war-wracked Cyprus in 1974 was returned Wednesday to the island’s Orthodox Church by the officer’s son to reunite it with those “who really appreciate what it stands for.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 30, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Catholic University of America, Church in the US, George Floyd, News, Racism, religious art | 0 |
The president of The Catholic University of America said the institution’s law school has replaced an icon of Mary holding Jesus that was stolen after some complained the image of Christ resembled George Floyd.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 21, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Diocese of Rome, News, religious art, Rome | 0 |
A chapel in a Rome church that is home to a Baroque sculptural masterpiece by Gian Lorenzo Bernini has been made even more dazzling after restoration.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 20, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Catholic parishes, Church in the US, New York, News, religious art | 0 |
A parish in a neighborhood that once had the highest concentration of COVID-19 cases in the country has found new joy in the discovery that a familiar painting over the transept doorway of its church is a 17th-century masterpiece.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 7, 2021 | Catholic Church, Colombia, lead, Marian devotion, News, religious art, Vatican, Vatican gardens | 0 |
Once considered the “discarded” image of the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá will now have a place of honor in the Vatican Gardens, with a replica built with 70,000 tiny mosaic pieces.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 4, 2021 | Artists, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Green Bay, News, religious art, Statues, Wisconsin | 0 |
Bruce Nufer, a retired art teacher from Menasha, Wisconsin, who restores religious statues, completed a restoration project on a life-size statue of Jesus outside of SS. Peter and Paul Church in Institute.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 25, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Copyright, News, religious art, second, Stamps, Vatican | 0 |
Alessia Babrow sued the Vatican City State’s telecommunications office in a Rome court last month, alleging it was wrongfully profiting off her creativity and was violating the original intent of her artwork in a postage stamp.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 1, 2021 | Associated Press, Bible, Catholic Church, Church in the US, News, religious art, Women in the Church | 0 |
Minnesota artist Mark Balma is drawing on ancient techniques to create three huge frescoes for a church in Italy. He planned to do the work on site, but the pandemic intervened. As he faced a modern challenge, he turned to an approach developed more than 2,000 years ago.
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