Richter, born in 1932 in Dresden, is arguably the most famous living artist.

Hanging religious art shakes up class-based ideas about how our home should look. 

In the early 20th century, American artists were intoxicated by the way Mexican muralists transformed their people’s struggle for justice into narrative imagery.

More painful, though not treated in the exhibition, is the current situation of Sudan, which only became independent from British colonial rule in 1956.

Since 1990 a vibrant black parish has worshiped before the marvelous mural by Engelbert Mveng, S.J.

“The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement” is a lesson on how art can awaken us to the unprecedented crisis of refugees and displaced persons now numbering 70.8 million.