A stained glass window by artist David Hockney, based on a design he sketched on an iPad, was unveiled Wednesday amid the marble and monuments of London's ancient Westminster Abbey. Stained glass has always been seen as a lesser art... so for [Hockney] to put it on the map as 21st-century art is a real plus for our profession. "I didn't want a figurative or heraldic thing at all," said Dean of Westminster John Hall, who dismissed some of the older stained glass windows in the abbey as "vulgar" and "ghastly." The window was constructed by stained glass experts at Barley Studio in York, northern England. Glass artist Helen Whittaker, who worked on the window, said she hoped it would make people realize that stained glass is much more than just "religious wallpaper."

Source: CBC News September 26, 2018 14:49 UTC