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French artist to give Notre-Dame’s stained-glass windows a modern makeover

Stained-glass windows inside Notre-Dame cathedral. © Reuters - Sarah Meyssonier

French painter Claire Tabouret has been chosen to create new stained-glass windows for Notre-Dame, a project supported by President Emmanuel Macron and the Archbishop of Paris but which has caused controversy.

Claire Tabouret, 43, has been chosen to create contemporary stained-glass windows for the newly reopened Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, in collaboration with Reims-based glassmaking studio Simon-Marq.

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