Indian filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and his daughter, actress-turned-director Pooja Bhatt, have been invited by Pope Benedict XVI to attend a papal meeting with artists from around the world in Vatican City this month.
The Bhatts will be among more than 260 artists—representing painting, sculpture, literature, music, dance, architecture, theater, and cinema—at the event, which will be held on November 21st in the Sistine Chapel—a room in the Vatican covered with Michelangelo's frescos, which are arguably the most famous examples of Western art.
Vatican officials said they hope the meeting will improve the Church's relations with the global artistic community and create opportunities for collaboration. While the Catholic Church was once a primary sponsor of art, the two have become, in the words of a Vatican spokesman, "estranged" in modern times, both for ideological and stylistic reasons.
The Vatican chose the invitees based on leadership in their fields, not religious background.
The Bhatts will be among more than 260 artists—representing painting, sculpture, literature, music, dance, architecture, theater, and cinema—at the event, which will be held on November 21st in the Sistine Chapel—a room in the Vatican covered with Michelangelo's frescos, which are arguably the most famous examples of Western art.
Vatican officials said they hope the meeting will improve the Church's relations with the global artistic community and create opportunities for collaboration. While the Catholic Church was once a primary sponsor of art, the two have become, in the words of a Vatican spokesman, "estranged" in modern times, both for ideological and stylistic reasons.
The Vatican chose the invitees based on leadership in their fields, not religious background.
- 11/16/2009
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