When artist Stephen Sawyer envisions Christ, the image is usually something other than a man in white robe and sandals. Sawyer paints a contemporary Jesus _ in blue jeans, wearing a T-shirt, ...

Such images imply that the relatively standardized, modern depiction of Jesus emerged in approximately 1490, but art historians might argue otherwise. Although the Renaissance produced a vast ...

The works on display through Feb. 2, signal an alarm and warning, as art historian Kenneth E. Silver wrote in an essay featured in the exhibit’s catalog.

His first painting in the series sold immediately, propelling him to reach a goal of 100 unique and modern portraits. “Before that, I had never painted Jesus and had no desire to do so,” he said.

Into the modern period, secularism rose rapidly and the focus of art shifted towards non-religious subjects. In the 19th century, most Christian art was either reproductions of earlier paintings ...

A painting of what is described as a modern-day Jesus Christ has won Australia's third richest portrait prize on the New South Wales far south coast. Sydney artist, Neil Moore, took out the ...

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 had always thought Jesus was white. At ...

New York — NEW YORK — At a moment when the world is flush with new books and ever-evolving interpretations of Jesus, one of the last century's artistic masters is providing art lovers with a ...

The first U.S. exhibition exploring the “darker works” of Marc Chagall (1887-1985) shows a Jewish artist obsessed with Jesus. “Chagall: Love, War, and Exile,” at The Jewish Museum in New ...