Arthur Bruso

THE HOLIDAY SEASON is about love and giving. The birth of a baby—the Nativity—signals hope and ushers in a time that allows us to dream big

The first recorded Mesoamerican people, the Olmec (c. 1,600 – 400 BC) conceived of a god that controlled the life-giving rains.

THERE HAVE BEEN PRISONS ever since there have been civilizations with laws that could be violated, but the idea of reforming

An Archeology of Disorder was conceived by Mark Dion while artist in residence at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.

At 25 years old, young Jakob Bohme, had a spiritual vision that would change his life.

A female figure of the Cihuateteo type, depicts a woman who died during childbirth. The closed eyes and open mouth illustrate the trope of t

The 2021-22 Curious Matter Holiday Installation For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20 I DON’T WANT to hesitantly tap my elbow to yours in greeting. But I will. And I do. And I’m glad you’re here. What I’d rather do is throw my arms around you and kiss each cheek. We’ve been isolated for too long, distant for too long. Perhaps, in the past, we imagined ourselves a bit misanthropic, claiming a preference for a go

Souls in waiting: depictions of Purgatory And of that second kingdom will I sing Wherein the human spirit doth purge itself, And to ascend to heaven becometh worthy. Dante, Purgatorio We are born and we die. Hopefully we die after a long, happy and productive life. The question that has evoked the wonder of humans through millennia is, “What happens after we die?” Can all of that quickness of life, the intensely felt emotion, the penetrating thinking, the uniqueness of person

Zapotec Tomb 104 at the American Museum of Natural History.

IN ANSWER TO HER PRAYERS, to understand the suffering of Christ as he was dying on the cross, St. Theresa of Avila was given the experience

The devil has worn many guises throughout history from the God’s Questioner in the Book of Job to the suave deceiver Mephistopheles of Faust

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