All Works

Chapel of Resurrection — Luxembourg School of Religion and Society

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg · 2022

A site-specific cycle of paintings created for the Chapel of Resurrection at the Luxembourg School of Religion and Society. One of Kantor's most significant monumental commissions, accompanied by an international symposium in 2022.

  • Flood with Predella
  • Last Supper with Predella
  • Three Marys, 260×333 cm
  • Predella of Marys
  • Moses in the Burning Bush with Predella
  • Jerome and the Lion with Predella
  • Jonas in the Belly of the Whale with Predella
Chapel of Resurrection — installation view, Luxembourg 2022 Jonas in the Belly of the Whale with Predella Flood with Predella, 2022 John of Patmos with Predella, 2022 Three Maries with Predella, 2022 Jerome and the Lion with Predella Last Supper with Predella, 2022 Moses in the Burning Bush with Predella

Pembroke College

Oxford

Oxford, United Kingdom · 2016–2019

A triptych altar and related works permanently installed at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, where Kantor holds an Honorary Fellowship. The commission represents one of his most sustained engagements with sacred imagery in a collegiate context.

  • Adoration of the Magi (triptych, 2016)
  • Wonderful Catch, 300×160 cm (2019)
Maxim Kantor's Altar — Pembroke College, Oxford Adoration of the Magi (triptych), 2016 — Oxford Wonderful Catch, 300×160 cm, 2019 — Oxford
Pembroke Altar detail 1 Pembroke Altar detail 2 Pembroke Altar detail 3 Pembroke Altar detail 4

Federal Foreign Office — Genscher Saal

Berlin

Berlin, Germany · 2017

Two monumental paintings permanently installed in the Genscher Saal of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany — among the most prominent institutional commissions of Kantor's career.

  • Storm, 290×350 cm
  • Library, 290×350 cm
Storm, 290×350 cm, 2017 — Genscher Saal, Berlin Library, 290×350 cm, 2017 — Genscher Saal, Berlin

Hesburgh Libraries — University of Notre Dame

Indiana

Notre Dame, Indiana, USA · 2013–2015

A series of monumental portraits of philosophers permanently installed in the Hesburgh Libraries at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Each work depicts a major figure of Western intellectual tradition at a scale commensurate with the library's grand architecture.

  • Plato
  • Socrates
  • Hegel
  • Erasmus
  • Schweitzer
  • Chesterton
Plato Socrates Hegel Erasmus

Église Saint-Merry

Paris

Paris, France · 2014–2017

A large-scale monumental work permanently installed in the historic Église Saint-Merry in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, one of the city's most significant medieval churches.

In Saint-Merry Church, Paris Saint-Merry Cathedral, 2014

Pontifical Academy of Sciences

Vatican

Rome, Italy

Two major works are permanently installed at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences within the Vatican: a meditation on faith, philosophy, and sacred figuration.

  • Saint Thomas Aquinas
  • Saint Francis and Blessed Augustine
Two Paintings — Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican

Stained Glass Commission

Don Quixote

2024

A stained glass window depicting Don Quixote — Kantor's most recent monumental commission in the medium, bringing his painterly language into the tradition of sacred light and colour.

Stained Glass Window — Don Quixote, 2024