canonization
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Our critic called the show at MoMA “a multi-museum-sanctioned liturgy—the canonization of contemporary art’s high priest, along with his orthodoxy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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
As the ordeal stretched on, there was more canonization.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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