Editing St Paul's Cathedral (section)

===St Paul's Cathedral Arts Project===
The St Paul's Cathedral Arts Project explores art and [[faith]]. Projects have included installations by [[Gerry Judah]], [[Antony Gormley]], [[Rebecca Horn]], [[Yoko Ono]] and [[Martin Firrell]].

In 2014, St Paul's commissioned Gerry Judah to create an artwork in the nave to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the [[First World War]]. Two spectacular sculptures consisting of three-dimensional white cruciforms reflect the meticulously maintained war graves of northern France and further afield. Each sculpture is also embellished with miniaturised destroyed residential blocks depicting contemporary war zones in the Middle East—[[Syrian civil war|Syria]], [[Iraq War|Baghdad]], [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|Afghanistan]]—thus connecting 100 years of warfare.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.stpauls.co.uk/News-Press/Latest-News/Giant-white-crosses-remind-St-Pauls-worshippers-and-visitors-of-the-horrors-of-warfare |title=Giant white crosses remind St Paul's worshippers and visitors of the horrors of warfare |website=Stpauls.co.uk |access-date=18 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034229/https://www.stpauls.co.uk/news-press/latest-news/giant-white-crosses-remind-st-pauls-worshippers-and-visitors-of-the-horrors-of-warfare |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Bill Viola]] has created two altarpieces for permanent display in St Paul's Cathedral. The project commenced production in mid-2009. Following the extensive programme of cleaning and repair of the interior of St Paul's, completed in 2005, Viola was commissioned to create two altarpieces on the themes of Mary and Martyrs. These two multi-screen video installations are permanently located at the end of the Quire aisles, flanking the High Altar of the cathedral and the American Memorial Chapel. Each work employs an arrangement of multiple plasma screen panels configured in a manner similar to historic altarpieces.

In summer 2010, St Paul's chose two new works by the British artist Mark Alexander to be hung on either side of the nave. Both entitled Red Mannheim, Alexander's large red silkscreens are inspired by the [[Mannheim]] Cathedral altarpiece (1739–41), which was damaged by bombing in the Second World War. The original sculpture depicts Christ on the cross, surrounded by a familiar retinue of mourners. Rendered in splendid giltwood, with Christ's wracked body sculpted in relief and the flourishes of flora and incandescent rays from heaven, this masterpiece of the German Rococo is an object of ravishing beauty and intense piety.

In March 2010, Flare II, a sculpture by [[Antony Gormley]], was installed in the [[Geometric Staircase]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://medium.com/@carly_hiller/6-unique-staircases-in-the-uk-you-wish-you-could-walk-over-ee4873ee5666 |title=6 Unique Staircases in the UK You Wish You Could Walk Over |website=Medium.com |access-date=24 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728183025/https://medium.com/@carly_hiller/6-unique-staircases-in-the-uk-you-wish-you-could-walk-over-ee4873ee5666 |archive-date=28 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, the Dean and Chapter commissioned Martin Firrell to create a major public artwork to mark the 300th anniversary of the topping-out of Wren's building.{{fact|date=March 2025}} The Question Mark Inside consisted of digital text projections to the cathedral dome, West Front, and inside onto the Whispering Gallery. The text was based on blog contributions by the general public as well as interviews conducted by the artist and on the artist's own views. The project presented a stream of possible answers to the question: "What makes life meaningful and purposeful, and what does St Paul's mean in that contemporary context?" The Question Mark Inside opened on 8 November 2008 and ran for eight nights.{{fact|date=March 2025}}