Menachem Wecker is a freelance reporter in Washington, D.C. He holds a master's degree in art history from George Washington University, is a former education reporter at U.S. News & World Report, and is co-author of Consider No Evil: Two Faith Traditions and the Problem of Academic Freedom in Religious Higher Education (2014). His website is menachemwecker.com.
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Whistler's Catholic muse readies for hazy close-up
The exhibit "The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler" only partially achieves its aim of a "more humanistic understanding" of Hiffernan, the model and domestic partner of the renowned painter.
Exhibit of early Picasso works explores knotty connection to Catholic upbringing
As the 50th anniversary of his death approaches, Pablo Picasso and his work loom large. Many know Picasso was atheist, but it will surprise many to know he drew extensively upon Catholic imagery throughout his career.
Ed Ruscha, the most famous Catholic artist few Catholics know
Ed Ruscha: "I am a confirmed atheist today, but the church helped me get where I am." Curators of his first solo exhibit in the state where he grew up think the Catholicism of Ruscha's youth continues to impact his life and work.
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AOC's favorite biblical story is mired in a dark, anti-Jewish past
Commentary: Using the Temple-cleansing story to illustrate annexation of a sacred place, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls contemporary attention, perhaps inadvertently, to a narrative with a sinister past.
