Exhibition of crucifixes opens at Westminster Cathedral
(Artdaily.org)

Could there be a more powerful and enduring expression of devotion than depictions of Christ and the cross? There are certainly no other religious images that have been made in so many locations over so many centuries. Starting on Ash Wednesday, the exhibition ‘Cross the World: Building Bridges in Wood’ will be at Westminster Cathedral, London. It is a rare attempt to bring together the global diversity of crucifixes and other types of cross in one place, side by side. Also bringing the world together is the raw material of the exhibits. Wood exists in every inhabited part of the world, forming both a gloriously tactile item of home decor and the brutal fabric to facilitate a crucifixion. It is appropriate that this exhibition of wooden crosses should be in the Cathedral’s Chapel of St Joseph, whose feast day is in Lent. The foster