# Modern Art in Churches

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: The Rt Revd Lord Harries
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Religion, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/modern-art-churches)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Beginning with Walter Hussey at St Matthew's, Northampton, in the 1940's, churches have been much bolder than many earlier decades in commissioning modern art. Richard Harries looks specifically at modern works of art that have been placed in churches over the last 70 years and finds here an encouraging story. His new book, based on his Gresham Lectures, The Image of Christ in Modern Art, will be available for sale.

## Lectures

1. [Modern Art in Churches](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/modern-art-churches/6faa7e682266) (YouTube)