Home » News » Hubert Le Gall orchestrates the appearance of the veil in Chartres. Hubert Le Gall orchestrates the appearance of the veil in Chartres. October 7, 2020 by world today news STORY OF THE DAY – the designer designed a reliquary to showcase the cathedral’s famous treasure. By Beatrice de Rochebouët– –The reliquary of the veil of the Virgin, in the cathedral of Chartres. DRAC Center-Val de Loire-F. Lauginie. Give a facelift to sacred places, by bringing in contemporary artists, that’s what pleases. In Angoulême, Jean-Michel Othoniel’s staging for the treasure of Saint-Pierre cathedral caused a sensation in 2016, with its set of glass beads and aluminum rings. To house the femur of the missionary Pierre Aumaître, canonized in 1984, he had designed an all-gold reliquary, like a huge jewelry box deliberately ostentatious. That of the designer Hubert Le Gall for the veil of the Virgin (according to tradition, it was worn at the Annunciation or during the Nativity) is quite the reverse. It was inaugurated with great pomp on Wednesday morning in Chartres Cathedral. This is the first time that I have combined my two hats, that of scenographer and creator, to transcend an object and make it even more spectacular Hubert Le Gall In addition to meeting strict conservation standards (a sliding tray allows the work to be released without direct handling), its shape is divine sobriety. It evokes, by its saddleback roof, the Holy Shrine of the Ancien Régime. The powerful lines of the case This article is for subscribers only. You have 53% left to discover. Subscribe: 1 € the first month Can be canceled at any time —– . Related posts:Urgent .. Mortada Mansour announces the withdrawal of Zamalek from the league and submits a communic...Hurricane "Douglas" threatens HawaiiBerlusconi: "Ready to enter the government with a new majority"Former Advisor to Prime Minister Arrested for Alleged Railway Incident: Vincent Aussilloux in Police...Share this:FacebookX Related Unable to See the Endless Suffering of Uighur Muslims, Germany and its Western Allies Call for Acceptance of Uighur Refugees, Here’s Beijing’s Response Pollution in the Jugla River may have been caused by a barrel buried in the ground with oil products – Ecology – Planet Leave a Comment Cancel replyCommentName Email Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.