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‘A crime against our heritage’: French fury over moving the Bayeux Tapestry

Art experts and local officials in France are horrified that the 1,000-year-old tapestry is being moved across the Channel

The Independent UK

‘Extremely fragile’ Bayeux Tapestry at risk from British Museum ‘vanity project’, expert says

Criticism comes after artist David Hockney described moving the 900-year-old treasure as ‘madness’

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Something will go wrong’: Why readers agree with David Hockney – the Bayeux Tapestry should stay in France

YOUR VIEWS: 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

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David Hockney slams plans to bring Bayeux Tapestry to UK as ‘madness’ in major intervention

Exclusive: Artist condemns British Museum plans as a ‘vanity project’ that could cause ‘irreversible damage’ to priceless artefact

The Independent UK

Why it’s madness to move the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain

COMMENT: Writing exclusively for The Independent, David Hockney fears that the British Museum is taking too much of a risk by moving the fragile tapestry to these shores – and any damage could be irreparable

The Independent UK

Belle Époque posters, sex and body art: The most unmissable art exhibitions of 2025

From Belle Époque posters to radical performance art, 2025 delivered exhibitions that pushed boundaries and opened dialogues.

Euronews

David Hockney at Annely Juda Fine Art: 'The greatest living painter - he is unstoppable'

5/5 Artist Daniel Lismore visits Some Very, Very, Very New Paintings Not Yet Shown in Paris to find Hockney at the peak of his powers

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You Never Have One When You Need It, So Here Are 15 Design-y Christmas Cards to Stock Up on Now, Before You Forget

Don't find yourself standing at the last-minute card section in Tesco this year...

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Colour, courage and cigarettes: David Hockney’s art of never slowing down

At 88, David Hockney is still reinventing the way we see. His new Mayfair show bursts with colour, wit and restless imagination – proof that age has done nothing to dim the artist’s curiosity or his joy in the world, writes Geordie Greig

The Independent UK

Luminous Enlightenment, dark genius and Soviet shades – the week in art

Joseph Wright of Derby’s shining innovation, Diane Arbus’s haunting portraits and an Uzbek angle on the end of the USSR

The Guardian - UK

David Hockney: Some Very, Very, Very New Paintings Not Yet Shown in Paris - review: still innovating, still fascinating

With this new collection of bright and bold still lifes, iPad experiments and splotchy portraits, the art-world titan is beginning to show his age in intriguing, unsteady ways that remain inimitably Hockney

The Guardian - UK

That’s me in the £45m Hockney! The man in the masterpiece relives sitting for David back in the heady LA party days

It was a landmark moment in queer art, painted when homosexuality was illegal in California. As this famous painting of Christopher Isherwood and Don Backardy goes under the hammer, the surviving sitter looks back

The Guardian - UK

House in legendary Kensington artists' studios for sale for £4.35m

The house was previously owned by the architect Christopher Smallwood, who renovated and re-designed the house himself

Evening Standard

David Hockney iPad drawings of Yorkshire Wolds to be sold at auction

Seventeen prints from The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate are largest group of Hockney’s iPad works to come to market

The Guardian - UK

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Inside the Most Expensive Art Collections Owned by Celebrities and Billionaires

Serious art collection is not for the faint of heart -- or the faint of wallet. It can be an expensive game, especially if you're interested in the masters.

The Guardian - UK

Norman Toynton obituary

Other lives: Artist of the pop art generation who was fascinated by the possibilities of pegboard as a ground for his work

The Guardian - UK

National Gallery accused of risking ‘bad blood’ with Tate over 20th-century art

Sources say decision to collect ‘modern’ art could have two galleries ‘at each others’ throats’ – but others welcome move

The National (Scotland)

Royal Bank of Scotland keeps £20m art hoard private – despite public access promise

THE Royal Bank of Scotland’s multi-million-pound art collection is still being kept behind closed doors despite the bank’s bosses’ 16-year-old…

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The Guardian - UK

David Hockney’s 90-metre Normandy nature frieze to be shown in London

A Year in Normandy features iPad works with which British artist brought people comfort during Covid crisis

The Guardian - UK

The ugly truth: have Trump’s tariffs finally put an end to Crocs’ 19-year reign?

The Guardian’s Crocs correspondent traces the highs and lows of the rubbery perforated clogs that divide opinion

The Guardian - UK

Alien landscapes, Arctic artists and pioneers of pleasure – the week in art

Georgia O’Keeffe and David Hockney enjoy the air, the British Museum looks to the far north, and the Folkestone Triennial gets under way

Creative Bloq

Anyone who thinks the iPad isn't a serious art tool hasn't been paying attention

From royal commissions to gallery walls, digital painting is no longer just a quirky sideline; it's a valued artform in its own right.

Evening Standard

King and Queen meet artists to celebrate 25 years of Royal Drawing School

Works by David Hockney, Tim Burton and frontline Ukraine sketches were shown as Rufus Wainwright performed for the royal couple.

The Independent UK

The Independent Pride List 2025: the LGBT+ people making change happen

PRIDE 2025: The Independent’s Pride List is back again, celebrating the LGBT+ community’s biggest pioneers over the past 12 months

Evening Standard

Cynthia Erivo and The Vivienne among ‘LGBT+ changemakers’ in 2025 Pride List

The Independent’s Pride List for 2025 also includes Tom Daley, Joe Lycett and Bella Ramsey.

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