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‘Speaking in Tongues’ – by Paul Benney at Chichester Cathedral
This monumental and striking painting is one of Benney’s largest works to date. Measuring 8ft x 12ft, it is a powerful artwork telling the extraordinary story of Pentecost. The subjects, all friends and contemporaries of the artist, are portrayed as apostles in the manner of the first day of Pentecost when ‘tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them’. Filled with the Holy Spirit, they began speaking in a variety of languages. Paul Benney is a British artist who
Open daily with free entry
Chichester Cathedral, West Street, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1RP
Mon 4 Apr to Wed 18 May 2016
Website:
www.chichestercathedral.org.uk
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