Spirituality

Astrology, mindfulness and yoga are hot right now. Spiritually-minded artists were deemed silly in years past, but now it's a serious area of inquiry. Here you can explore some information centered on a variety of spiritual practices and imaginaries.

In the early modern era, the boundary between science and the spiritual was far more porous than it is today. But until recent it has been underappreciated how pervasive such ideas were. A new receptivity to spirituality in art may be explained by the breakdown of the canon under pressure from feminism and an opening up to artists from marginalized groups with non-Western roots. It can also be seen as a reflection of the current acknowledgement of the threats of neoliberalism with its focus on rationality and materialism.