Donna Danna (4 June 2026)
"Jesuit Church Hosts Sacrilegious 'Icon' Exhibit After Archdiocese of N.Y. Cancels"


"Leeper’s exhibit, titled “Twilight of the Idols,” centers around his “Madonna and Child (Tomatokos)” “icon,” which sacrilegiously mimics a 1950s Campbell’s soup advertisement. Our Blessed Mother, depicted as a housewife, holds a can of tomato soup in her hand which represents the infant Jesus."

"Some of Leeper’s other “icons” in the exhibit include “Madonna and Child (purest protection),” which shows a topless woman depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary holding a baby representing Our Lord, along with baby powder. Another work, “The Visitation,” depicts two women representing Our Lady and her cousin St. Elizabeth as characters in a cigarette ad."

"Another “icon,” “Madonna del Parto (Once Upon a Time … in Bethlehem),” portrays a pregnant Virgin Mary modeled after the late actress and “sex symbol” Sharon Tate. In Leeper’s “Santa Abraham” piece, Abraham is depicted as Santa Claus from Coca-Cola ads." FULL STORY at above link.