Artnet

This Contemporary Artist Will Complete a Missing Scene in the Millennium-Old Bayeux Tapestry

One of the greatest treasures of Western art history may have been missing a piece for years, and a French artist has been tapped to rectify that situation. The Bayeux Tapestry, which measures about ...
Artnet

Newly Rediscovered Fragment of Epic Bayeux Tapestry Goes on Display

The historical saga of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 is chronicled across the 230-foot-long Bayeux Tapestry, one of the most amazing yet mysterious art historical marvels of all time. Now, a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

With a Stolen Fragment Restored, This Stunning 17th-Century Tapestry Is Made Whole

This 17th-century Flemish tapestry, titled The Apotheosis of the Arts, is the largest of a six-part series that was stolen from the Church of Santo Domingo in Castrojeriz, Spain, in 1980. (Note the ...
The Globe and Mail

Bayeux Tapestry too fragile to be shipped to Britain, art conservators warn

French President Emmanuel Macron hoped to score a diplomatic coup when he announced during a state visit to Britain in July that France would loan the iconic Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum. But ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Stitching time: The Villanueva Tapestry

In 1974, internationally recognized embroidery master Carmen Benavente de Orrego y Salas held six colcha embroidery workshops in New Mexico. Born out of these workshops was a significant object of art ...