Janet McKenzie’s painting of Jesus has been called blasphemous by thousands of detractors, while admirers say the image brings tears to their eyes.However, the artist from Island Pond, Vt., wasn ...

President Russell M. Nelson wants Jesus Christ front and center not only in the name of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but also in the faith’s meetinghouses.

If you were painting the face of Jesus in Rembrandt’s time — the 17th century — you had three sources to turn to: the Veil of Veronica, the Mandylion of Edessa and the Lentulus Letters.

Drawing Jesus can be a deeply moving and spiritual experience for artists of all levels. Whether you seek to depict his compassion, strength, or humanity, translating the essence of Jesus onto paper ...

Blonde-haired and blue-eyed Jesus reached his painted zenith with the oeuvre of twentieth century Christian artist Warner Sallman, whose iconic 1940 oil painting, "The Head of Jesus," would become ...

The debates over the nature of Jesus and Mary have played out in Christian theology and in Western art. The latter aspect of the debate is the focus of an exhibition of 30 works, including the ...

Dappled Things, a literary and artistic magazine that describes itself as “wholeheartedly Catholic,” announced the winners of its “Sacred Heart Art Competition” on the Solemnity of the ...

In 1656, Rembrandt’s passion for collecting art, weapons and exotica finally got the better of his pocketbook, and the master painter, so prolific, so brilliant, was forced to confront bankruptcy.

Chicago • The first time the Rev. Lettie Moses Carr saw Jesus depicted as Black, she was in her 20s. It felt “weird,” Carr said. Until that moment, she’d always thought Jesus was white. At ...

In Jesus, our faith in God is tangible; it is no longer abstract. Another of this day’s traditional titles, “The Circumcision of Our Lord,” similarly expresses the human dimension of our faith.

Artist Cosimo Cavallaro created "My Sweet Lord," a 200-pound, 6-foot-tall and anatomically correct sculpture of Jesus made entirely out of chocolate. "I didn't go out there to make this offensive ...

The New Museum’s flawed but tantalizing new triennial, “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus” puts this kind of art behind us and points to what might lie beyond that recycling machine.