HISTORICAL FACTS: 30 - The Untold Story

New LS Lowry exhibition aims to demolish ‘naive and uncultured’ myth

Gallery director says collection of 140 paintings will offer a more balanced view of Manchester painter’s work

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12

Spontaneous speed painting could help you to trust your art

Artist Duy An Lam shows how to loosen up and stay spontaneous while turning a sketch into a finished digital painting.

Creative Bloq · Jul 11

Version of Australia's famed MONA destined for Bangkok

Hobart's Museum of Old and New Art has announced plans to develop MONA Bangkok on the banks of the Chao Phraya River.

AAP · Jul 11

Feathered frolics, webcam landscapes and The Hay Wain – the week in art

Tate Modern hosts a major exhibition of Ana Mendieta, Constable turns 250 and the accidental beauty captured by unattended online cameras – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10

Completely nuts: Dutch gallery covers floor in peanut butter to honour late artist

Wim T Schippers asked that his 800lb sculpture be spread smoothly and without ‘educational purpose’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10

Bayeux tapestry crosses Channel in dead of night for historic UK exhibition

Cloak-and-dagger operation delivers 70-metre medieval artwork to British Museum, as gathered diplomats applaud

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10

Bayeux Tapestry returns to the UK for first time in almost 1,000 years

The 70-metre-long embroidered linen depicts the Norman Conquest of 1066.

Evening Standard · Jul 10

Bayeux Tapestry arrives in London after epic journey from France

The historic Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in London after a complex journey from France. This significant artwork will be displayed at the British Museum for an extended exhibition. The tapestry depicts the 1066 Battle of Hastings and the Norman invasion. Its transfer marks a celebration of enduring Franco-British relations and…

The Economic Times · Jul 10

Bayeux Tapestry delivered to British Museum under cover of darkness

After almost 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry is back on English soil – spirited to London's British Museum on Friday in the dead of night, after a high-tech and high-security operation in which any slip-up could have spelled disaster.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 10

Bayeux Tapestry arrives safely in UK after loan from France

The medieval Bayeux Tapestry arrived in London after nearly 1,000 years early on Friday. The tapestry is on loan from France for a year and will be exhibited at the British Museum. Its journey has been surrounded by secrecy due to security concerns.

France 24 · Jul 10