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<p>The fact the 70m embroidered cloth, which depicts the 1066 Norman invasion and Battle of Hastings, has survived this long is a miracle, writes David Hockney</p>

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

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

<p>JMW Turner ‘Self Portrait’ (c 1799); ‘John Constable’ by Ramsay Richard Reinagle (c 1799)</p>

The Tate stages an epic showdown with Turner & Constable exhibition

<p>‘Nancy with Feather Hat (The Artist’s Daughter)’, 1910, oil on canvas</p>

William Nicholson exhibition shows he’s far from the dullard of legend

<p>Wes Anderson looks at his film’s Fantastic Mr Fox puppet, on show at the Design Museum exhibition</p>

In Focus

The new Wes Anderson exhibition ought to prove his haters wrong

<p>‘The Three Dancers’ (1925)</p>

Familiar Picasso works are transformed by Tate Modern’s bold setting

People may baulk at paying to see art they can normally see free of charge, but some of these works feel more alive than ever

Familiar Picasso works are transformed by Tate Modern’s bold setting

People may baulk at paying to see art they can normally see free of charge, but some of these works feel more alive than ever

<p>‘The Three Dancers’ (1925)</p>

<p>Bowie applying makeup as Ziggy Stardust</p>

David Bowie Centre juxtaposes the momentous and quirkily trivial

<p>The life and times of model-artist-photographer Lee Miller has captivated millions since her death in 1977</p>

In Focus

What can another Lee Miller exhibition tell us? A lot, it turns out

<p>Thom Yorke (left) and Stanley Donwood with some of their artwork ready to go on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford</p>

Reviews

Art snobs won’t find much to love at Radiohead’s Ashmolean exhibit

<p>As a student, Lucy Jones, who has cerebral palsy, initially struggled with the intense scrutiny required for self-portraiture</p>

Interview

Artist Lucy Jones: ‘I use the portrait to look out at you’

<p>As a student, Lucy Jones, who has cerebral palsy, initially struggled with the intense scrutiny required for self-portraiture</p>

Interview

Artist Lucy Jones: ‘I use the portrait to look out at you’

<p>'The Crows (Die Krähen)' by Anselm Kiefer (2019)</p>

Anselm Kiefer takes on Van Gogh, with results both heroic and absurd

<p>‘Reverse’ 2002-2003 by Jenny Saville</p>

YBA Jenny Saville paints flesh at its most excessive and brutalised

<p>Edward Burra: ‘The Band’, 1934</p>

How two queer artists responded to the mundanity of inter-war England

<p>Spread over a wider geographical area than any other Liverpool Biennial, this year’s event is designed to be taken in by walking the city</p>

The Liverpool Biennial 2025 offers insights over spectacle

<p>Seeing double: Ishbel Myerscough’s ‘Two Painters’ (2025), of the artist (left) with longtime friend and fellow artist Chantal Joffe</p>

Artist-on-artist portraits unveil a mix of admiration, love and envy

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