Easter Canvas: passiontide art in Chichester Cathedral

26 March 2026, The Tablet

Alice Carter’s Good Friday painting

COURTESY OF ALICE CARTER

Carter, a Catholic, initially worked in investment banking, and then video production; but a serious bicycle accident when she was 28 changed her life.

Chichester Cathedral, always a joy, is never better than at this time of year, when the blossoms outside echo the artistic blooms within: works by Marc Chagall (his strongly coloured window recall ing Psalm 150: “O Praise God in his holiness”); John Piper (whose vast altar tapestry reimagines the Holy Trinity); and most appropriately of all as we move into Holy Week, Graham Sutherland (whose delicate, intriguing Noli Me Tangere depicts the moment Mary Magdalene became the first witness to the Resurrection).

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