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Thursday, 5 June 2025

Artlyst: The Art Diary June 2025

My June Art Diary for Artlyst has been published today. I begin with two important recently published books about religion and contemporary art. Next, I highlight several exhibitions and artists whose work connects with the themes explored in these books. These include Anselm Kiefer, Vincent van Gogh and Andy Warhol, alongside plans for Manifesta 16 Ruhr. I conclude with group shows that engage with contemporary issues and explore, as the title of one exhibition puts it, ‘The Shape of Now’. These include two fascinating exhibitions which are local to me, in Essex, at Focal Point Gallery and Beecroft Art Gallery:

"‘The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art’ by Jonathan A. Anderson offers a critical guide for rereading and rethinking religion in the histories of modern and contemporary art. Since the turn of the twenty-first century, there has been a marked increase in attention to religion and spirituality in contemporary art among artists and scholars alike. Still, the resulting scholarship tends to be dispersed, disjointed, and underdeveloped, lacking a sustained discourse that holds up as both scholarship of art and scholarship of religion. ‘The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art’ is both a critical study of this situation and an adjustment to it, offering a much-needed field guide to the current discourse of contemporary art and religion."

For more on Jonathan A. Anderson see here, Andy Warhol see here, and Maurizio Galia ('The Shape of Now') see here.

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