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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 DARK ARTS<\/strong>. The\u00a0British Museum<\/strong> privately hosted billionaire tech entrepreneur\u00a0Peter Thiel<\/strong>\u00a0for a VIP viewing of the\u00a0Bayeux Tapestry<\/strong>\u00a0before its public opening,\u00a0the Guardian<\/em><\/strong> reported. The visit, arranged by the museum\u2019s development director, has raised concerns among staff about preferential treatment and the use of the fragile tapestry\u2019s limited \u201clight hours.\u201d Thiel is not a museum donor, but his political influence, links to\u00a0Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Palantir<\/strong>\u2019s controversial government contracts, including a \u00a3330 million ($446.93 million)\u00a0NHS<\/strong>\u00a0deal, have attracted scrutiny. The museum says no public viewing time was affected. Meanwhile, demand for the tapestry exhibition is enormous, with online ticket queues reaching 80,000 expected visitors.<\/p>\n BLACK GOLD<\/strong>. London\u2019s\u00a0Science Museum<\/strong>\u00a0is ending its 25-year relationship with oil giant\u00a0BP<\/strong>, whose sponsorship of the museum\u2019s education academy will finish on August 31, the\u00a0Financial Times<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0reported. The partnership has faced years of criticism from climate campaigners and educators, including a boycott backed by the\u00a0National Education Union<\/strong>. The museum says BP\u2019s funding helped train more than 11,000 education and science professionals and reach over a million young people. Campaigners have welcomed the decision but say it is only a partial victory, calling on the museum to also end its sponsorship deal with\u00a0Adani Group<\/strong>, which has major interests in both renewable energy and coal. The museum has not committed to doing so.<\/p>\n \n\tA striking\u00a0Neolithic\u00a0<\/strong>sculpture of a man riding a leopard has been unearthed in\u00a0Turkey<\/strong>, offering rare insight into how ancient people imagined humans and animals. [ARTnews]<\/p>\n Guatemala<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0Museo de Arte Colonial<\/strong>\u00a0is set to reopen after a court-ordered raid forced its sudden closure last December, leaving 287 artworks in limbo. [The Art Newspaper]<\/p>\n The London graffiti artist known as\u00a0Helch<\/strong>, whose distinctive tag appeared across bridges, viaducts, and rooftops, has died, prompting tributes from across the art world. [The Standard]<\/p>\n \n\tFormer actress\u00a0Bianca Jagger\u00a0<\/strong>reflects on three art-world titans,\u00a0Georg Baselitz<\/strong>,\u00a0David Hockney<\/strong>, and\u00a0Yayoi Kusama<\/strong>, whose deaths, she says, mark the end of an era. [The Independent]<\/p>\n GALLINA-NO?<\/strong>\u00a0The Met<\/strong>\u2019s planned\u00a0John Galliano\u00a0<\/strong>exhibition is facing mounting backlash, with Jewish leaders, politicians, and major donor\u00a0Arne Glimcher<\/strong> questioning the decision to honor the disgraced designer,\u00a0ARTnews\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>wrote. Galliano, convicted of a hate crime over antisemitic remarks in 2011, has since rebuilt his career and apologized for his behavior. But Glimcher, founder of\u00a0Pace Gallery<\/strong>, has warned he may withhold works promised to the Met, while officials are reportedly considering moving the 2027 Met Gala<\/strong>\u00a0because it falls on\u00a0Holocaust Remembrance Day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/morning-links-august-31-2026-1234796275\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1167776220.jpg?w=1024″] To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. Good Morning! Ahead of its public opening, the British Museum privately hosted billionaire tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel for a VIP viewing of the Bayeux Tapestry. 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