Andrea Saltini’s controversial painting of Christ’s corpse being sexually violated was vandalized on the eve of Good Friday by a masked intruder in a now deconsecrated church outside Modena. The artist was attacked and hospitalized when he intervened. The exhibition of the painting sparked a petitio
By Jim Duncan
3/3/2021
Judith Schaechter, âThe Battle of Carnival and Lent,â 2010-2011. Stained-glass panel, 56 x 56 in. Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, NY, Marion Stratton Gould Fund, Rosemary B. and James C. MacKenzie Fund, Joseph T. Simon Fund, R. T. Miller Fund and Bequest of Clara Trowbridge Wolfard by exchange, and funds from deaccessioning. Image courtesy of Judith Schaechter.
If you love the circus, you should have a good time at âThe Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechterâs Stained-Glass Art,â the first survey and major scholarly assessment of the artistâs 37-year career. Organized by the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, the exhibition includes some 45 of Schaechterâs stained-glass panels along with a selection of related drawings and process material.