SABBATH ARTLOOK (2/20-26)

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS 
By TAHLIB

"Buddhadharma Sangha" at San Quentin Prison,
photograph by Rick Nahmias for "Golden States of Grace"

 The following is this week's listing of current art exhibits exploring religious, spiritual and human justice themes in the United States. New to the list this week are three shows in the state of Maine: One at the Colby Museum of Art on "Mourning" which runs through October (See below) and the second two are at Bowdoin College and explore the book of Genesis and also ancient objects of devotion. 

• JOSHUA LINEAR GALLERY | NYC, NY - Pema Rinzin in "Compassion Transformed," through Feb. 26.
• IUPUI CAMPUS CENTER GALLERY | INDIANAPOLIS, IN - “Golden States of Grace: Prayers of the Disinherited” through February 25.
• RUBIN MUSEUM of ART | NYC - "Grain of Emptiness: Buddhism-Inspired Contemporary Art," through April 11.
• ELLEN NOEL ART MUSEUM | ODESSA, TX - "The Art of Devotion: Latin American Religious Art" through April 22.
• MEADOWS MUSEUM AT SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY | DALLAS, TX - "Lost Manuscripts of the Vatican" through April 23.
• MUSEUM OF ART | FORT LAUDERDALE | FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - "Vatican Splendors" national tour through April 24.
• MUSEUM OF ARTS and DESIGN | NYC, NY - "The Global Africa Project," through May 15.
• COLBY MUSEUM OF ART | WATERVILLE, ME - "Little Elegies: The Art of Nineteenth-Century Mourning," through October 2, 2011.
• MUSEUM OF BIBLICAL ART | DALLAS, TX - Michelangelo’s “Pieta’,” a recently acquired reproduction now on permanent display.
• ROTHKO CHAPEL | HOUSTON, TX - Named by GQ Magazine as one of the “ten greatest places to experience art.”