The windows in six chapels on the southern side of the cathedral will be replaced with new windows designed by modern French painter Claire Tabouret. French artist Claire Tabouret poses following a ...

The designs for six controversial new stained-glass windows for Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris have gone on display in a new exhibition at the Grand Palais. The show features full-size models, sketches ...

Under the griddled glass ceiling of the Grand Palais in Paris, six towering arched forms rise in sequence, unfolding like a nave. Their surfaces are washed in blues, greens, and ember reds. From a ...

French president Emmanuel Macron, backed by the archbishop of Paris, is planning to replace a series of stained-glass windows, even though they remained intact after the devastating fire of 2019.

When a fire raged through Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2019, it didn’t destroy the structure’s stained-glass windows, which were created by the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in 1859. Last month, however, ...

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Claire Tabouret premieres her window designs for the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris The full-scale models are now on view at Grand Palais through March 15, with behind-the-scenes, preparatory materials ...

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The French president Emmanuel Macron first announced the plans during a visit to the cathedral on December 8. He said he would initiate a competition inviting contemporary artists to submit designs ...