{"id":4635,"date":"2006-11-14T08:13:14","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T08:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/11\/from-houston-to-rome.html"},"modified":"2006-11-14T08:13:14","modified_gmt":"2006-11-14T08:13:14","slug":"from-houston-to-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/11\/from-houston-to-rome.html","title":{"rendered":"From Houston to Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"

An artist meets the Pope:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alice Lok Cahana survived the Holocaust to become an artist of international renown. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The most recent acknowledgment of her work was given by Pope Benedict XVI last month in St. Peter’s Basilica. The pontiff met with the Houston-based artist when her painting No Names<\/em> was presented to him for the Vatican Museum’s collection.<\/p>\n

Museum director Francesco Buranelli, who chose the 85-by-46 inch abstract painting, said it "will complete the important cycle of 20th-century art history in (the museum)." That collection includes important works by luminaries such as Georges Rouault, Giacomo Manzu, Giorgio de Chirico and Henri Matisse.<\/p>\n

"You don’t even dare to dream this could happen to you," said Cahana.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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