Religion and Art. Hon. Research Fellow Siobhán Jolley convened an Interfaith Symposium with members of the National Gallery's Interfaith Sacred Arts Forum on 2nd Feb, focusing on the art and religion research theme 'The Art of Creation', which explores themes of environmentalism and eco theology in relation to art. The paintings being are focused on are Rachel Ruysch - Flowers in a Vase, Claude Monet - Flood Waters, and Vincent van Gogh - Long Grass with Butterflies. Siobhán led the first event in this programme, bringing together speakers from a range of faith backgrounds who brought a sacred text or art from that tradition into dialogue with our paintings and theme. Siobhán also presented a short paper by way of introduction, ‘Reading the Sacred in “Secular” Art’.
