Property News · February 19, 2023

Wall stories: a Franciscan friar’s wedding portrait is a call to compassion


In our series about artworks in Australian homes, theologian Cath McKinney shares a painting by a man whose art and life showed the grace of vulnerabilityRead more Wall Stories hereGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe theologian Cath McKinney first encountered Brother Patrick Henigan at a community congregation in Melbourne’s inner-north decades ago. “He was one of those people that was very little and in that way he was quite big,” she says. “He was just very able to be present and see people.”She had no idea at the time that she would go on to acquire several of Henigan’s paintings, or that others would be held by major cultural institutions, including the National Gallery of Australia and National Gallery of Victoria. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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