RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS 
BY TAHLIB

Join us on Friday for "Amahl and the Night Visitors", a Christmas Opera written for Americans. I was inspired to order tickets for the Indianapolis Opera's 2014 production following the setup of our Nativity scene at home. Written in 1951 by Gian Carlo Menotti, it was first performed on December 24, 1951, and he said it was inspired by his forgotten childhood. In Menotti's childhood in Italy, Three Kings, and not Santa Claus delivered Christmas gifts, but when he came to America he forgot it. One day however, walking through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the memories rushed back when he saw Hieronymus Bosch's "The Adoration of the Magi" (above), making it my NEWS OF WEEK.

In other religious art news from across the USA, and around the world:

• Buddhist Art of Week: Liuligongfang’s "Buddha in Glass" for Bodhi Day. [More News]
• Christian Art of Week: Norman Rockwell's "Saying Grace" sells for $46 Million. [More News]
• Hindu Art of Week: Smithsonian's Yoga exhibit spotlights church-state debate. [More News]
• Islamic Art of Week: U of Michigan to exhibit 11 centuries of Islamic Art. [More News]
• Judaic Art of Week: Metropolitan Museum displays Judaica for Hanukkah. [More News]

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