Notre-Dame de Paris: Controversial Stained Glass Windows Unveiled

French contemporary 'artist' Claire Tabouret has been chosen to create six controversial stained glass windows for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. They were unveiled on 18 December.

The windows will replace the originals on the south side of the cathedral, designed in the 19th century by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, which survived the 2019 fire unscathed. The decision to remove them was controversial and temporarily blocked by historic preservation groups.

Despite the backlash, the Archdiocese of Paris and the French state, which is funding the €4 million project [the cathedral is owned by the state], have moved ahead.

Tabouret's designs, in turquoise, pink, yellow and red, depict figures from different cultural backgrounds standing in a circle and holding hands.

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