On 21 June, I gave a lecture during the symposium “The Resurrection of the Lost Image” in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam. This symposium was organized on occasion of the installation Anastasis by Italian artist Giorgio Andreotta …
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LECTURE OUDE KERK: Picturing the Divine
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REVIEW: Reading Religion
Previously published at Reading Religion, the book review website of the American Academy of Religion. Published in a hefty and expensive hardcover edition in 2014, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts is now available …
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REVIEW: Reading Religion
The topic of inter-religious dialogue is very popular. Visual arts can play a crucial role in facilitating such a dialogue. In the book The Ecumenism of Beauty several authors share insights and experiences of how art opened …
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AWARD: Teylers Theological Society
I am honored by the decision of the Teylers Theological Society, to award my essay collection In Pursuit of the Sacred: The Museum as Laboratory in the Contemporary Quest for God a gold medal. I …
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ARTICLE: The Burlington Magazine
The February edition of the international art historical journal The Burlington Magazine features an article I wrote about how Piet Mondrian’s painting “Lozenge Composition with Yellow Lines” came to The Netherlands. Lozenge composition with yellow lines, …
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ART ADVENT: week 3
This December I am keeping an advent calendar. Advent is traditionally the period during which the celebration of the birth of Christ is anticipated. During my travels over the past few weeks, I have seen …
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ART ADVENT: week 2
This December I am keeping an advent calendar. Advent is traditionally the period during which the celebration of the birth of Christ is anticipated. During my travels over the past few weeks, I have seen …
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ART ADVENT: week 1
This December I am keeping an advent calendar. Advent is traditionally the period during which the celebration of the birth of Christ is anticipated. During my travels over the past few weeks, I have seen …
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RECAP: Égalité in Amsterdam
Exactly one week ago – on Saturday February 27 – 65 participants performed Elena Kovylina‘s artwork Égalité on the Museumplein in Amsterdam. It was a beautiful and impressive performance, for the participants, audience members, and us …
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ARoS REVIEW: Monet – Lost in Translation
Translating Monet Around the time that ARoS Art Museum opened its major exhibition on French painter Claude Monet, several US art museums were facing protests outside their buildings. A small group of protesters rallied against …
