‘Something Will Go Wrong’: Why Readers Say the Bayeux Tapestry Should Stay in France

‘Something will go wrong’: Why readers say the Bayeux Tapestry should stay in France

Our community overwhelmingly sided with David Hockney, arguing that the Bayeux Tapestry is too irreplaceable to justify the risks of moving it to London, even temporarily

Tate Director Explains Departure, David Hockney Blasts Bayeux Tapestry Loan, Trump Eyeing Site for ‘Garden of American Heroes’: Morning Links for January 15, 2025

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES HOCKNEY WEIGHS IN ON BAYEUX TAPESTRY LOAN. David Hockney has weighed in on plans to bring the Bayeux Tapestry to London this fall, calling the British Museum exhibition “madness” and warning that the fragile medieval embroidery could be irreparably harmed in transit. Writing in The Independent on January 14, the artist ques…