Jones said in the last 20-30 years the predominat image of Christ has started to shift as the Church has gone worldwide, and many artists are now 'either trying to portray a more historically ...

CHICAGO — The first time the Rev. Lettie Moses Carr saw Jesus depicted as black, she was in her 20s. It felt “weird,” Carr said. Until that moment, she had always thought Jesus was white. At ...

But in terms of widespread diffusion, none of those works has reached the audience of Head of Christ (1940), the American Protestant icon presenting a relatable Jesus with a kindly affect.

Recent protests on racial justice have also questioned the portrayal of Jesus as a white man. An art historian explains how this image appeared and came to be marketed worldwide.

A Manhattan man is suing the Met, claiming it’s committing sacrilege by depicting Jesus as a blond. “Racist” paintings portraying Christ as an “Aryan” male should be removed from the ...

A Manhattan man is suing New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art over the inclusion of four paintings depicting Jesus Christ as blond-haired and white. Justin Renel Joseph filed the lawsuit at ...

Art restorers in Italy have discovered what are believed to be the oldest paintings of some of Jesus Christ's apostles. The faces of Apostles Andrew, John, Peter and Paul were uncovered using new ...