Art experts and local officials in France are horrified that the 1,000-year-old tapestry is being moved across the Channel
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Art experts and local officials in France are horrified that the 1,000-year-old tapestry is being moved across the Channel
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Our community overwhelmingly sided with David Hockney, arguing that the Bayeux Tapestry is too irreplaceable to justify the risks…
It comes after artist David Hockney slammed the move of the 900-year-old treasure as ‘madness’
Experts fear the embroidery of the 1066 Norman conquest is too fragile to cross the Channel
The precious medieval work is to be displayed in London next year - but the French art world is strongly opposed.
More than 64,000 people have signed a petition calling on Emmanuel Macron to revoke the loan of a 1,000-year-old tapestry to…
The temporary transfer of the eleventh century work has sparked outrage in France
