“Mystic Nativity” (1500), now held at the National ... trustworthy perspectives on everything from art history to contemporary art. We spotlight artist-led social movements, uncover overlooked ...

Originally rooted in three centers (Naples; the Provence, France; and Southern Germany and Austria), nativity ... Contemporary culture, with its noted preference for the visual and tactile, seems to ...

Caravaggio’s Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence hung in a small Baroque chapel in Sicily—until a pair of art thieves absconded with the canvas in 1969. Now, a contemporary version ...

which partnered with the modern Civil Rights Movement. In 1961, when Hughes created “Black Nativity,” the Black Arts Movement was still in its infancy, but its early ethos was in the air.