THE OTHER BAYEUX TAPESTRY

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In Reading, Berkshire, about an hour from London at the Reading Museum, is an exact size embroidered replica of the near-1,000-years-old Bayeux Tapestry. It was created in Leek, Staffordshire in 1890.

Read about the group of thirty-five English needlewomen who created this fabulous copy, before you head to Reading Museum - free to visit - it's next to the Town Hall.

The Other Bayeux Tapestry | The Arbuturian       www.arbuturian.com 

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Image 'Copyright Reading Museum (Reading Borough Council). All rights reserved.'

Reading Museum website: https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk

PAINTING THE FRENCH RIVIERA

THE ARBUTURIAN 5 October 2026

Just opened at the Royal Academy of Arts, London:

Painting the French Riviera.

Before you go, read the review in The Arbuturian online.

Painting the French Riviera at The Royal Academy | The Arbuturian

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Yves Klein, ANT 84, 1960. Pure pigment and synthetic resin on paper mounted on canvas, 155 x 359 cm. Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain (MAMAC) - Ville de Nice © 2026 Succession Yves Klein c/o ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London

Claude Monet, Morning at Antibes, 1888. Oil on canvas, 65.7 x 82.1 cm. Philadelphia Museumof Art: Bequest of Charlotte Dorrance Wright, 1978-1-22

HAMPSHIRE LiFE

6-page illustrated interview with David Boyd Haycock, curator of 'Art Then! British Painting, Sculpture and Drawing, 1910-1960' (Author of A Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War).

Exhibition at Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 7LP

26 September 2026 - 21 February 2027

Art Then! British Painting, Sculpture and Drawing, 1910–1960 – Southampton City Art Gallery

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Hampshire Life, September 2026 issue: detail of interview with David Boyd Haycock, pp.40-41.

THE NEW WORLD

30 September (online) 1 October (in print) 2026

Double-page spread in The New World 500th edition, on 'Renoir and Love' exhibition opening at the National Gallery, London  - 3 October 2026 - 31 January 2027. 'The secret life of Renoir's party paintings', pp.34-35.

Link here

https://edition.thenewworld.co.uk/story/full_page_image/issue-500-page-34_16670e39/content.html

on carousel, detail of  'The secret life of Renoir's party paintings' copyright the New World magazine

LADY IN BLUE - THE FOURTH PLINTH - TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON

The Arbuturian 10 September 2026

Lady in Blue Arrives on the Fourth Plinth | The Arbuturian

The latest sculpture to stand on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square was unveiled on 10 September. The fabulous painted bronze 'Lady in Blue' 2026, by American sculptor Tschabalala Self will overlook Trafalgar Square until 2028. Read about her and the artist in The Arbuturian.

Lady in Blue Arrives on the Fourth Plinth | The Arbuturian

On carousel: 'Lady in Blue', detail. 10 September 2026.

ART & TRAVEL

BRUSK IN BRUGES

A new museum for art - BRUSK - has opened at the heart of Bruges in the historic centre - BRU = Bruges + SK = Schone Kunsten, Flemish for Fine Arts. Two stunning art exhibitions inaugurate the new building. One is 'Bigger Picture' the history of Bruges, the other is Latent City created by the genius of art AI, Turkish-born American Refik Anadol. And on the BRUSK interior walls a permanent fresco The Whispering Walls Rêve (2026)  by Laure Provost.

Read about it in The Arbuturian online:

BRUSK in Bruges | The Arbuturian

On carousel: BRUSK interior (detail). Both images copyright, BRUSK, Bruges, Belgium