artwork

December 4, 2021

Pieta returned to Red Deer church home after 30 years

This pieta of Mary holding her son Jesus has been returned to Sacred Heart Parish in Red Deer, Alta., 30 years after it had gone to the city’s museum following a fire at the church.

A life-sized pieta of Mary holding Jesus’ body that has spent more than 30 years at the city’s museum has been returned to Sacred Heart Church in Red Deer, Alta

Published in Canada

March 26, 2021

The Last Supper artwork finds familiar home

Connie Leon looks over The Last Supper wood relief carving she donated to St. Joseph’s Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School.

After decades hanging in Connie Leon’s dining room, a compelling depiction of The Last Supper has found a new home at St. Joseph Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School.

Published in Features

September 11, 2016

‘Small, still voice’ of art at the 9/11 museum

A close-up view of artist Tobi Kahn's sculpture "M'AHL," which is made up of thousands of pieces of wood.

NEW YORK – A generation ago, a curator at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem noticed a man saying Kaddish, the prayer of mourning, in front of a seder plate.

Published in Features

April 3, 2015