Ugly Chickens in Heaven?

by Hans Boersma

The Christian artist does well to remember that resolutions in art anticipate the resolution of history. Continue Reading »

3 Nov 2020 0

Bad Art Warps Our Vision

by Leah Libresco Sargeant

We should object to prurient songs and stories because they are fundamentally untruthful—and thus bad art. Continue Reading »

28 Aug 2020 0

Restoring American Statuary

by Catesby Leigh

If the White House manages the creation of the recently mandated National Garden of American Heroes thoughtfully, its value could run deeper than our political fault lines. Continue Reading »

10 Aug 2020 0

Evildoers and Their Art

by Peter Hitchens

Eric Gill and Roman Polanski are both guilty of revolting crimes. But should we be punished by being deprived of the results of their undeniable talent?  Continue Reading »

18 Feb 2020 0

Of Cigarettes and Grace

by Joshua Hren

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Thank You for the Light” captures how Christ transfigures the mundane.  Continue Reading »

30 Sep 2019 0

What She Asks, She Obtains

by Stephen Schmalhofer

The Virgin's influence extends to American art. Continue Reading »

15 Jul 2019 0

Les Murray, Dissident Poet

by David Mason

Les Murray's work helped raise his nation's poetry to a level of global importance.  Continue Reading »

30 Apr 2019 0

Evangelical Ruskin

by Peter J. Leithart

Celebrations of Ruskin’s polymathic genius usually miss the role of Christianity in his outlook and writing. Continue Reading »

15 Feb 2019 0

Art Rethought

by John Wilson

Nicholas Wolterstorff and Paul Willis both subvert the institution of high art. Continue Reading »

31 Aug 2018 0

Shadow Show

by Peter Wood

Artemisia: Light and Shadow, a one-act, one-person play at the Flea Theater in Tribeca, portrays the life of the seventeenth-century Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi. Continue Reading »

25 May 2018 0