On Art
Commentary on visual art
Oluwaseyi Alade’s Pilate Washes His Hands
The gospel story of Jesus before Pilate has echoed down the centuries in numerous accounts of rulers and public officials who engage in wrongdoing and pass the blame to others....
Eileen Ryan’s Codex No. 1–3 (left) and Spiritual Microbiomes (right)
Eileen Ryan is a New England–based interdisciplinary artist who explores intersections between art, science, and spirituality, often drawing on her background in microbiology....
Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia’s
Papel Tejido 40 (Él derrama
lluvia sobre la tierra y envía
agua sobre los campos)
Papel Tejido 40 (Él derrama
lluvia sobre la tierra y envía
agua sobre los campos)
For immigrants facing hardships, family gatherings are crucial....
Karin Soderholm’s “See, I am doing a new thing”
A Denver-based fiber artist specializing in the traditions of boro cloth (Japan) and kantha cloth (India), Karin Soderholm is inspired by the raw plant materials that make up fiber works...
Nicholas Galanin’s In every language there is Land / En cada lengua hay una Tierra
Nicholas Galanin, a member of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, explores in his art practice life’s movement and its profound ties to land....
Hlafira Shcherbak’s
One Can’t Catch My
Soul (top) and People in
Dark Times (bottom)
One Can’t Catch My
Soul (top) and People in
Dark Times (bottom)
The war has touched Hlafira Shcherbak in a more personal way than other artists from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic community of icon writers in Lviv, the cultural center of Western Ukrain...