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Art and Christianity is the leading UK organisation in the field of visual art and religion.

A+C offers stimulating educational projects and publications, advice, information and skills. Art and Christianity offers stimulating educational projects and publications, advice, information and skills.

08/10/2026

In the Autumn issue of Art and Christianity:
by Clare Carlisle
Gwen John: Strange Beauties
7 February – 28 June 2026
National Museum of Cardiff Genedlaethol Caerdydd - National Museum Cardiff
1 August 2026 – 4 January 2027
National Galleries of Scotland : Modern

“This exhibition takes its title from a private note in which Welsh painter Gwen John (1876–1939) describes herself as ‘God’s little artist: a seer of strange beauties, a teller of harmonies, a diligent worker.’ The plural ‘beauties’ is important. John painted or drew the same subjects many times: most famously, her attic room in Paris; a young, darkhaired woman in a blue dress; herself. These repetitions are essential to a body of work that is indistinguishably artistic, spiritual, and philosophical – and above all devotional. Curators Rachel Stratton and Lucy Wood are also keen to draw attention to the multiple techniques used by an artist renowned for her oil paintings: this major retrospective includes many drawings and watercolours alongside those better-known works.
While the focus is on John’s artistic practice more than her biography or her distinctive place within modernism, ‘Strange Beauties’ conveys a powerful sense of a devout life. ”

Image: The Pilgrim by Gwen John. Photo credit - Yale Center for British Art , Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

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01/10/2026

In this new series, we ask the Art+Christianity Team all about their engagement with the charity. They will be talking about their favourite work of art in a church, reflecting on how artworks can affect people’s faith, and sharing more about their role within Art+Christianity.

In this clip, Ayla Lepine talks about their experience of being a Trustee for Art+Christianity.

Featured work of art by Rebecca Salter
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29/09/2026

In the Autumn issue of Art and Christianity, the award-winning artist Elizabeth Price is interviewed by Ed Krcma. Known for her large-scale video works, they discuss her recent showings in the Liverpool Biennial and Manifesta 16, both of which focus on Modernist church architecture.

“HERE WE ARE argues that, through these church buildings, working-class Irish Catholic immigrant communities were able to express both their belonging and their difference within the civic life of British towns and cities. Visibility for minorities is obviously risky, and I think the use of architectural modernism helped manage that risk. Many of the churches featured in the film were built as part of the wider reconstruction of British towns and cities, so this shared architectural language embedded Irish immigrant communities within a broader project of post-war modernity.”

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21/09/2026

In the Autumn issue of Art and Christianity:
Professor Ben Quash, until very recently a trustee of A+C, gave his valedictory lecture at King’s College London in June before taking up his new role as Regius
Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge in October. In an exclusive abridged transcription of his lecture, we share his reflections after almost 20 years of working intensively at the intersection between theology and the arts while at King’s.

08/09/2026

In the Summer issue of Art and Christianity, enjoy an exclusive abridged transcription of Professor Ben Quash’s valedictory lecture, after almost 20 years of working intensively at the intersection between theology and the arts while at King’s College London.

The award-winning artist Elizabeth Price – known for her large-scale video works – is interviewed by Ed Krčma at the time of her exhibition within Manifesta 16, a nomadic European Biennial of art.

Exhibitions reviews: Clare Carlisle on GwenJohn: Strange Beauties in Cardiff and Edinburgh; Christopher Irvine on Living by the Rule: Contemporary meets Medieval at the SCVA in Norwich; Fergus Bovill on Zurbarán at the National Gallery; and Lieke Wijnia on Jesse Darling: Godsworth at the Oude Kirk in Amsterdam.

Conference Report: Taylor Worley on Religion from the Outside: Christian Symbolism in Non-Christian Art

Letter from Venice: Andrew Hammond on The good, the bad and the scandalous

Book review: Sarah Adegbite reviews Art as Sanctuary by Michael D Harris

02/09/2026

In this new series, we ask the Art+Christianity Team all about their engagement with the charity. They will be talking about their favourite work of art in a church, reflecting on how artworks can affect people’s faith, and sharing more about their role within Art+Christianity.

In this clip, Ayla Lepine talks about how powerful the impact of art within churches can be.

Featured works of art by Tuli Mekondjo
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26/08/2026

2026 Annual A+C weekender in Norwich

Join our friendly and fascinating weekend of specially arranged tours, talks, and art, including a performance of songs by Hildegard of Bingen, a lecture by Blanche Girouard, the exhibition ‘Living by the Rule’; the artist and historian John Maddison will share his expertise in some of the stunning medieval churches in the city, and A+C Director, Laura Moffatt, will take us to see modern art in the cathedral.

Book here: https://artandchristianity.org/events/2026-annual-weekender

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Photo of Vida Vojić's performance: Olga Androsova_LUMEN_21.12.25_4

14/08/2026

🌟 GIVEAWAY ALERT 🌟

Tell us your favourite pilgrimage and we’ll enter your name into a draw to win a free copy of 2026 A+C award-winning book: 'Imaging Pilgrimage: Art as Embodied Experience' by
Kathryn R. Barush (Bloomsbury, 2021).
The list of pilgrimages will also appear on the A+C website: artandchristianity.org

How to enter:
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🥾 Comment your favourite pilgrimage
🥾 Tag your friends in the comments (1 tag = 1 entry)
Winner will be selected on 30/09. Winner will be notified via DM! Open to UK residents 18 years or older.
Good luck! and Happy Summer!

13/08/2026

Lecture - "The Artists’ Gift: how centuries of artists have used the life of Christ in art", by Blanche Girouard
📅 Saturday 19 September 5pm to 6.30pm
📍Weston Room, Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk
As part of the 2026 Annual A+C weekender in Norwich

Blanche Girouard is an experienced writer and journalist and a wonderful communicator.

👉 Book here artandchristianity.org/events/lecture-the-artists-gift-how-centuries-of-artists-have-used-the-life-of-christ-in-art-by-blanche-girouard

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