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To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0<\/em>Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter<\/em>.<\/p>\n Good Morning!<\/strong><\/p>\n MUSEUMS IN CRISIS.<\/strong>\u00a0The temporary closure of the UK\u2019s\u00a0Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft<\/strong>\u00a0has become a symbol of the financial pressures facing the country\u2019s independent museums, the\u00a0Art Newspaper<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0reported. Forced to close amid worsening finances, the museum has since secured emergency funding to explore a sustainable future, but its plight reflects a wider crisis. While the government has pledged support through the \u00a3127.8 million\u00a0Arts Everywhere Fund<\/strong>\u2014including \u00a33.5 million for urgent repairs to\u00a0Bristol Museum and Art Gallery<\/strong>\u00a0and \u00a32.4 million to upgrade the\u00a0Museum of Hartlepool<\/strong>\u2014experts warn that these one-off grants do not address the long-term revenue funding needed to keep local museums open and financially resilient.<\/p>\n RESURRECTION.<\/strong>\u00a0A forgotten still life in the storage of Norway\u2019s\u00a0National Museum<\/strong>\u00a0has been reattributed<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0Clara Peeters<\/strong>, one of the earliest female masters of Flemish still-life painting, the\u00a0Guardian<\/em>\u00a0reported. Curator\u00a0Cynthia Osiecki<\/strong>\u00a0identified similarities between the unsigned work and Peeters\u2019s known paintings, including her distinctive compositions, materials, and hidden self-portraits. Once dismissed as \u201canonymous,\u201d the 1620 painting will now feature in the museum\u2019s major exhibition \u201cPainter,\u201d celebrating women artists from 1550 to 1650.<\/p>\n \n\tMarri Ngarr artist\u00a0Ryan Presley<\/strong>\u00a0has won the $100,000 NATSIAA 2026 prize for his monumental, Renaissance-inspired painting. [Arts Hub]<\/p>\n \n\tNew research published in\u00a0Nature<\/em>\u00a0has revealed evidence of a vast pre-colonial civilization in southwestern Amazonia, with Lidar surveys uncovering more than 20,000 earthworks hidden beneath the rainforest canopy. [Nature]<\/p>\n \n\tMore than 500 paintings, books, and collectibles from the home of\u00a0Bagpuss<\/em>\u00a0creator\u00a0Peter Firmin<\/strong>\u00a0have sold at auction for over \u00a3400,000. [BBC]<\/p>\n \n\tAn 18th-century wooden Cossack church in southern Ukraine, described as the country\u2019s last surviving example of its kind, has been destroyed by a Russian drone strike. [Art Newspaper]<\/p>\n BEHIND THE CURTAIN.<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Bayeux Tapestry<\/strong>\u2018s journey to the\u00a0British Museum<\/strong>\u00a0was made possible by a remarkable team of conservators, registrars, engineers, and specialist art handlers whose work is rarely seen by the public\u2014and the\u00a0Times of London<\/em>\u00a0has given them<\/strong>\u00a0their due. Among them are British Museum curator\u00a0Michael Lewis<\/strong>\u2014the only non-French member of the Bayeux Tapestry committee\u2014and co-curator\u00a0Millie Horton-Insch<\/strong>, who spent years helping to shape the landmark exhibition. The piece highlights the painstaking planning behind the tapestry\u2019s return, including bespoke supports, climate-controlled transport, repeated rehearsals, and meticulous conservation checks. The tapestry goes on view at the British Museum on September 10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/artnews\/news\/who-is-behind-bayeux-tapestry-move-morning-links-1234794507\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bayeuxtapestry.jpg?w=1024″] To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. Good Morning! The UK government has promised to help the country\u2019s struggling local museums. A forgotten still life in Norway\u2019s National Museum has been reattributed to Flemish master Clara Peeters. 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