Sunday Feature is a Documentary programme.

Image for Documentary programme "Sunday Feature"

Next Show Times

Seasons in Detail

Sunday Feature: Contemporary Art and the Church

Series 1, episode 0

Fiona Shaw explores the new-found enthusiasm of the Christian church for contemporary art. She travels to Rome to meet Monsignor Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, to hear about his passion to reinstate 'the marriage between art and faith' in the light of Pope Pius X's statements at the beginning of the 20th century about modernism being an 'evil' force. There are also contributions from artists including Cornelia Parker and Dorothy Cross, who discuss the allure of Christian stories and iconography in their own work, as well as reflecting on the contradiction of contemporary art and the Church