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JD Vance calls Canterbury Cathedral exhibit 'ugly'
The installation features graffiti-style questions from marginalized communities and has divided public opinion, with nearly 10 million visitors annually to the historic site, officials said.
- A new installation featuring graffiti-style writing by marginalized communities and creatives has been set up at Canterbury Cathedral, dividing opinion ahead of its launch.
- The installation poses questions to God like "Why did you create hate when love is by far more powerful?" and was created by poet Alex Vellis and curator Jacquiline Creswell.
- While US Vice President JD Vance criticized the artwork for making the "beautiful historical building really ugly", others praised it for building bridges between cultures and allowing younger voices to be heard.
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The Canterbury Cathedral graffiti isn’t transgressive
Canterbury Cathedral’s ‘Hear Us’ ‘art installation’, in which the heart of English Christianity has been covered in fake graffiti, has caused outcry and anger. The exhibition, which according to the Cathedral involved ‘collaboration with marginalised communities’ covered much of the building’s interior with stickers which they say have been ‘expertly and sensitively affixed to the
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