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Gustave Courbet, The Source of the Loue, 1864. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The...

Not too long ago I participated in a Patheos book club discussion of The Holy Nomad, by...

A recent article in Humanities has caused me to give some thought to the audience for...

What to do with all these worthless Ph.D.'s in the humanities? The Chronicle of Higher...

    I've been doing some work beyond my weekly posts here at CULTIVARE and...

The market for artist Damien Hirst's work seems to have bottomed out. And those who...

There is a habit of thinking among Christian artists, philosophers, and theologians that conceives of...

Black Friday is receding into Thanksgiving. A U.S. News articlereports that Wal-Mart, Sears and Toys-R-Us...

One of the most enjoyable aspects of teaching art history to college students is presenting...

Today's guest blogger is Tim Conder, the founding pastor of Emmaus Way in Durham, NC. ...

Why do so many artists behave so strangely? If their odd-looking work isn't enough to...

This post is my contribution to Patheos' book club on Matt Litton's Holy Nomad: The Rugged Road to...

Every painting is a self-portrait. Although he may nowhere be seen on the canvas, the...

Election season is winding down. We will all breathe a sigh of relief when it's...

We evangelicals who care about the arts tend to operate in a hamster ball. Protected...

  I know modern art can be strange and difficult. So, let's spend a week...

Editor Note: Today's Guest Post is by Doneila McIntosh. Doneila is completing her M.Div. at...

  In addition to my weekly blog posts here at Cultivare, I am also contributing...

Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937, Reina Sofia, Madrid "My kid can do that" is a common...

I was invited to give a chapel talk at Biola University in La Mirada, California...

  God calls an artist to be a particular kind of artist in a particular...

  Mako Fujimura's new studio, Princeton, New Jersey. Photo courtesy Robert Puglisi Artists must make...

Bullying is a major problem. At least we're hearing more about it--and talking more about...

One of the highlights of my summer and early fall  has been regular trips to...

Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Wittenberg Altarpiece, 1547, Wittenberg, Germany Modern and contemporary painting is...

 Today's guest blogger is John Cuyler, Pastor of Storrs Community Church in Coventry, Connecticut since...

The other day, Auggie, my six-year old Springer Spaniel, scored a major victory. After chasing...

At the end of the month I'll be speaking at the Mockingbird Ministries fall conference...

  In 1857 an exhausted and depressed Herman Melville travelled to Jerusalem in an effort...

Here's a little reflection, from Kierkegaard, for those of you interested in the issue of...