Visitors to Canterbury Cathedral this week have been taken aback to find its medieval interior covered in graffiti-style slogans, part of a new art installation that has drawn serious criticism.
The work, titled "Hear Us", transforms the pillars and walls of the nation’s mother church with brightly coloured lettering and stencil designs asking questions such as, “Are you there?”, “Why all the suffering?” and “Where does love come from?”
The images resembling spray-painted graffiti in a mix of street styles – which are removable – have led some to comment that the cathedral now looks more like “an underground car park in Peckham” than one of Christendom’s most venerated shrines, reports The Times.
