Lil Copan
Mary Magdalene
Martin Erspamer’s work is shaped by his life of prayer at St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana....
The St. Peter's Memorial Cross
Before it was installed, the cross outside St. Peter's Catholic Church in Manhattan traveled 4,500 miles across the U.S. on the bed of sculptor Jon Krawczyk's pickup truck....
Della Francesca 1475—2011
Wes Sherman's abstract work, inspired in part by Olivier Messiaen's La Nativité du Seigneur (The Nativity of the Lord), is on exhibit at Grace Church in Newark, New Jersey....
Red Osier Drift: A Winter’s Stick Garden
Passersby linger outside Old South Church in Boston, where the grounds—designed by gardener Jim Hood—offer a visual witness to the life of the church....
The Annunciation
When I started the work,” writes video artist/photographer Eija-Liisa Ahtila, “the aim was to do a remake of the annunciation paintings with moving images to see what this powerful image in our cul...
The Double Rose Vision
Melding seriousness with wry joy, Michigan artist Rick Beerhorst creates location out of dislocation, dislocation out of location. His preparatory sketches are artworks in their own right....
The Underground
The artwork of Chicago artist Clare Rosean packs a psychological wallop that leaves viewers confused and uneasy....
Impact
John Freeman, who watched the events of 9/11 from his home in Australia, brings a child's eye to art....
Prayer Cloths
For ten years Minnesota artist Sonja Olson has been building a body of artwork for a fictional character—Buelah Reidun Kelbison, a Midwestern farm woman and midwife....
Rich Catch
German painter and sculptor Egino Weinert (b. 1920) began his artistic training after entering the monastery of the Benedictine Missionaries. He left the order before taking final vows....
Under St. Erik’s Bridge, Stockholm
An outgrowth of New Life Church in Stockholm, Synergy is a network of people interested in connecting Christian faith with the work of musicians, painters, writers, actors and other artists....
Mutanabbi Street exhibit poster
On March 5, 2007, a car bomb exploded on al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, an area of booksellers that is the literary heart of the city. The bomb killed 30 people and wounded others....
Untitled 7 (Head of Jesus)
When Boston-area artist Linda Burke first fired a gun, it kicked back, offloading a hot cartridge that went down her shirt....
Holy Trinity
How to comprehend the Holy Trinity? Reflecting on her woodblock and linoleum print, Holly Meade writes, "Well, there is no comprehending the Holy Trinity. And picturing the Holy Trinity?...
Recollection … yellow (1)
The dynamic of Elisa D'Arrigo's work seems simple: yellow squares sewn together, with the thread bringing out a sculptural dimension. But a specific memory underlies each piece....
Z’s Family and H’s Family
A series of oil paintings titled Yan' Guan Town, by Chinese artist Liu Xiaodong, explores two families, one Christian and one Muslim, both living in a regio...
The Shinkansen Series: Tokyo to Osaka / March 2010
These photos by Tim Lisko bring to mind fields of birch trees, beaches, ocean and skylines—or they may be seen as elements of pure design, strips and strings of light and dark, of shading and...