Tag: Art

To many people, the word "apocalypse" conjures images of catastrophe. In the Christian tradition, however, it means an unveiling or revelation.

Archbishop Anthony Fisher says Catholics are right to object peacefully to performances that mock the Eucharist and other sacred beliefs, warning artistic freedom should never depend on religious ridicule.

One month after opening, Sistine Chapel: Revelations continues to draw crowds, with visitors describing the immersive exhibition as moving, inspiring, and faith-filled.

What if Christianity had never happened? It would have been quite gloomy!

The mark of a good poem is that it can be read over and over again, at different stages of your life, and it won't go stale. Here are 15 you should have a look at.

A new biography of the master craftsmen who created stunning mosaics for Sydney’s buildings, especially in St Mary’s Cathedral.

The latest art instalment running from 7 March until 6 July, for the Jubilee, will see a major exhibition at Palazzo Barberini dedicated to Caravaggio.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of our own Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP, we decided to feature this portrait, painted by classical-realist Sydney-based artist Sally Ryan in 2020, just before everything shut down through COVID.

All too often, we are confronted by images that shock us and make us angry. The images leave a lasting impression. This is certainly true of the Olympic opening ceremony’s tasteless bastardisation of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” Instead we should value art that reveals the good, true and beautiful.

Iconographer Michael Galovic cements his status as Australia’s leading religious artist with his new monograph, Sailing Back to Byzantium. The lavishly-produced collection shows the artist’s capacity to bring the traditional icon into dialogue with modern art. He transforms both, and affirms the power of the sacred arts in a fragmented world, writes Adam Wesselinoff

Celebrated artist Marijan Bekic is carving a three-metre high statue of Our Lady of Fatima that will be seen by thousands of western Sydney motorists passing his St Mary’s parish each day.

Charbel Bousamra is lending his artistic talent to drawing caricatures of well-known local and international Catholic leaders.