Cover of Erika Doss's Spiritual Moderns featuring Agnes Pelton's "Sand Storm" (1929) (image courtesy University of Chicago Press) Religion influenced modern art's development far more than most ...

Whenever Alfonse Borysewicz addresses a fresh canvas, a daunting set of issues stares back at him. First, there is the fact that Borysewicz is painting from faith, when, for the most part, it doesn't ...

A ubiquitous presence before fading into the American ether, Catholic art may be experiencing something of a renaissance, in the unlikeliest places. Clockwise from top: The Floriani ensemble sings, ...

The art world's peculiar relationship with Catholicism might not seem like a newsworthy topic. Catholic influence on modern and contemporary art discourse remains remarkably under-theorized beyond ...

I awaited the opening of “Andy Warhol: Revelation” at the Brooklyn Museum with great anticipation. The exhibit, which “explores the artist’s lifelong relationship with his faith that frequently ...

The question of why, at the turn of the 20th century, modern art flourished in Europe has long been one of art history’s most intriguing. Was it exposure to non-Western influences? The advent of the ...

After Australian artist Thea Proctor returned from London in the 20s, a critic called her art "dangerously modern". Sixty years later, critic Bernard Smith dubbed women like Proctor, who travelled to ...

Hugh Eakin’s new book, “Picasso’s War: How Modern Art Came to America” (Crown), isn’t really about Picasso, or about war, or about art. Its subject is the creation of a market for a certain product, ...

A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian society Brigit Katz - Correspondent Works like Tissot's The Convalescent (1872), ...

Curved lines and block colors in shades of orange, yellow and blue create the image of an artist, framed by a border of abstract shapes. Look a little closer and you can see the artist’s beret with ...