Museum of Biblical Art - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Museum of Biblical Art. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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“Sculpture in the Age of Donatello” Exhibition
Twenty-three masterpieces of early Florentine Renaissance sculpture—most never seen outside Italy—will be exhibited at MOBIA as the centerpiece of the Museum’s tenth anniversary season. MOBIA will be the...More »
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“Dürer, Rembrandt, Tiepolo: The Jansma Master Prints Collection from the Grand Rapids Art Museum” Exhibition
Spanning five centuries of printmaking, Dürer, Rembrandt, Tiepolo: The Jansma Master Prints Collection from the Grand Rapids Art Museum will feature the complete Jansma Collection, including works by Albrecht...More »
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“Back to Eden: Contemporary Artists Wander the Garden” Exhibition
“Back to Eden” looks at the biblical story of the Garden of Eden, and how it has directly and indirectly inspired contemporary artists. In particular, the exhibition considers the Garden of Eden as a lens...More »
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“Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum” Exhbibition
During the later Middle Ages, England was home to a thriving art industry that produced colorful and delicate alabaster sculptures in large quantities and distributed them throughout Europe. This exhibition...More »
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Kathleen Herbert “Stable”
Kathleen Herbert uses the medium of performance and documentary to question and engage with the historical and contemporary functions of space. “Stable” (2007), super 16mm film, was produced in response...More »
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William Kentridge “Weighing… and Wanting”
Like the biblical figure King Belshazzar, artist William Kentridge dreamed of words appearing on a wall, which led him to a period of re-evaluation in his life. Embracing the vision, he created Weighing…...More »
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“As Subject and Object: Contemporary Book Artists Explore Sacred Hebrew Texts” Exhibition
Featuring the work of approximately a dozen contemporary artists, this exhibition will highlight books and, in some cases, series of individual pages, inspired by the Hebrew Bible and other sacred Hebrew...More »
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"Ashe to Amen: African Americans and Biblical Imagery" Exhibition
The exhibition examines the complex place of the Bible in the life and art of African Americans, with particular emphasis on how biblical traditions were used by artists of African descent to help cope...More »
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"Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion" Exhibition
"Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion" will consider the array of church decorations and memorials that Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933) produced beginning in the early 1880s. For 50 years, working under...More »
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"The Adoration of the Magi by Bartolo di Fredi: A Masterpiece Reconstructed" Exhibition
Illustrating one of the most celebrated Renaissance themes, Bartolo di Fredi’s (c. 1330-1410) "Adoration of the Magi" will be reunited in this groundbreaking exhibition. The three known surviving panels...More »
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"Finding Comfort in Difficult Times: A Selection of Soldiers’ Bibles" Exhibition
Turning to the Bible in times of danger has long been a source of comfort. Providing soldiers with a printed Bible was first done by Oliver Cromwell in 1643. His Souldiers Pocket Bible was a small pamphlet...More »
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"Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière" Exhibition
This exhibition presents the liturgical work of Hildreth Meière (1892-1961), who was one of the best known and most prolific Art Deco muralists of the twentieth century. Recognized during her lifetime...More »
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"Jerusalem and the Holy Land: The Paintings of Ludwig Blum (1891-1974)" Exhibition
Known as the “Painter of Jerusalem,” Ludwig Blum (1891-1974) immigrated to Palestine in 1923 from what is now the Czech Republic. A veteran of the First World War and an academically-trained painter, Blum...More »
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"On Eagles’ Wings: The King James Bible Turns 400" Exhibition
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of one of the greatest books in the English language, MOBIA is organizing "On Eagles’ Wings: The King James Bible Turns 400." The exhibition will explore the historic...More »
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"Let Your Light Shine" Exhibition
This exhibition focuses on Bibles printed in Venice during the High renaissance, but also includes a few slightly later Scriptures as well as two editions printed in Geneva and fraudulently bearing Venetian...More »
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"Passion in Venice: Crivelli to Tintoretto and Veronese" Exhibition
Passion in Venice presents a sacred theme central to the history of Christian Art: Christ as Man of Sorrows. Its origins rooted in Byzantium, the figure entered Venetian art in the late Middle Ages after...More »
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"The Wanderer: The Foreign Landscapes of Enrique Martínez Celaya" Exhibition
The exhibition analyzes the structural relationship of the figure and the landscape through Martínez Celaya’s work as indirect, yet original re-iterations of the Biblical narratives, themes, and imagery...More »
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"Ukrainian Icons" Exhibition
This exhibition from the collection of the oldest monastery in Ukraine, the Kyiv-Pecherskaya Lavra (or Monastery of the Caves) will survey the history of Ukrainian icons and their stylistic evolution over...More »
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"Uneasy Communion: Jews, Christians, and the Altarpieces of Medieval Spain" Exhibition
This exhibition discusses the last two centuries of medieval Spanish history in the Crown of Aragon (the Kingdom of Aragon, the Kingdom of Valencia, and the region of Catalonia) from the vantage point...More »
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Tobi Kahn "Sacred Spaces for the 21st Century"
An exhibition of 30 recent paintings, sculptures and objects by the noted New York artist. As the first exhibition to explore Kahn's notion of sacred space, it marks the public debut of a complex new work—...More »
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Vickie Fremont "RE...Re-Cycle, Re-Create, Re-Imagine"
Inspired by the long-established and still vibrant African practice of creating art objects from re-cycled materials, Vickie Fremont, whose homeland is Cameroon, explores ways in which used but still inherently...More »
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"Altered Religious Texts" Exhibition
Sacred scriptures, hymns, myths, holy personages, rituals and the religious traditions to which they belong are among the many influences inspiring artistic expression. "Altered Religious Texts" explores...More »
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"Scripture for the Eyes Bible Illustration in Netherlandish Prints of the Sixteenth Century" Exhibition
"Scripture for the Eyes: Bible Illustration in Netherlandish Prints of the Sixteenth Century" will be the first major exhibition to explore the central role played by printed illustrations of subjects...More »
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"Reel Religion: A Century of the Bible and Film" Exhibition
Biblical narratives and history have been a source of inspiration for movie-makers throughout the world. Reel Religion is composed of over 50 vintage posters advertising international Biblical films that...More »
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"Chagall's Bible: Mystical Storytelling" Exhibition
No other modernist painter melded the traditions of Jewish Hasidism, eastern Orthodoxy, and western catholic tradition into such dramatically rich and personally significant expressions of biblical narratives....More »