Department

Exhibitions

Museum shows on now, opening soon, or just closed, and what to see in them.

Saint Casilda, a young woman in a richly embroidered silk dress, holding roses gathered in her skirt, against a dark background — Francisco de Zurbarán, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Zurbarán at the Louvre

Until 25 January 2027 at the Musée du Louvre, Paris. A rare chance to see the painter of Spain’s monasteries and its quietest still lifes at full strength.

Plan a visitOctober 27, 2026

A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry: embroidered men point up at a comet with a flaming tail, beside Harold seated on a throne — Myrabella, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Exhibitions

The Bayeux Tapestry returns to England, at the British Museum

Until 11 July 2027 at the British Museum, London. For the first time since it was made nearly a thousand years ago, the 70-metre embroidery of 1066 is back in England.

Plan a visitOctober 27, 2026