canonization

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Organized by MoMA’s Ann Temkin and Michelle Kuo and Philadelphia’s Matthew Affron, “Marcel Duchamp” functions as a multi-museum-sanctioned liturgy—the canonization of contemporary art’s high priest, along with his orthodoxy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

We’ve come for the smaller festival, San Fermín Txikito, held each Fall to commemorate the saint’s original canonization, before the Summer celebrations stole Hemingway’s heart and the international spotlight.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Outside the Church of Our Lady of Candelaria in Caracas, thousands of people watched the canonization ceremony in Rome -- about dawn in Venezuela -- on a large screen.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

Also worthy of canonization: Larry Graham’s thrumming one-note bass line.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

And then I can return, triumphant, your relics in my arms, and shepherd you through the canonization process myself!

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz