The Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum for ten months, from September 10

The European exhibition calendar for autumn has a date that outweighs all others. From September 10, 2026 to July 11, 2027, the British Museum in London hosts the exhibition dedicated to the Bayeux Tapestry: ten months of opening, a duration that places the initiative outside the ordinary format of temporary exhibitions. The information appears in the British museum overview published by The Past, which gathers the official programmes of the institutions: on this news we have a single source, and no independent confirmation is currently accessible.

The same overview lists three other British proposals for the season: “Tides of Treasure” at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, open until June 26, 2027; “Treasure! Lost and found” at the Dorset Museum in Dorchester, closing on September 13, 2026; “Marking Time” at Stanley Mills, in Scotland, open until September 27, 2026. Three exhibitions on artefacts and industrial archaeology, which share with the Norman tapestry the same logic: long-lasting objects displayed for long seasons.

In Venice the prize also goes to the translator

In the same week that the Lido opens the Mostra del Cinema, the Fondazione Querini Stampalia awards the Premio Letterario Marco Polo Venezia 2026. It goes to Antonio Franchini for the novel “Il fuoco che ti porti dentro”, published by Marsilio, and to Christophe Mileschi for the French edition of the work, “Le feu que tu portes en toi”, published by Calmann-Lévy. The jury is chaired by Paolo Molesini, president of the Foundation. The structural point is that the award does not separate author from translator: both are honoured for the same book.

The day’s programme, published by the Foundation — the only available source, being the institution’s official communication — includes a conversation between jury and winners on the work, on the process of writing and translation and on the editorial path that led to the French edition. The afternoon session, from 16:30 to 19:30, is titled “La traduzione, lingua della pace” (“Translation, the language of peace”). The Querini Stampalia has been active since 1869 and is among the oldest Italian cultural institutions.

Rome, comics in the museum

In Rome, the MAXXI, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, hosts “Andrea Pazienza. Non sempre si muore” until September 27, 2026, at via Guido Reni 4. The exhibition closes a Roman season that saw two opposing proposals at the MACRO: “Uno, cinque, dodici. Ottant’anni del Premio Strega”, which reconstructed the history of the most important Italian literary prize through books, photographs, documents, posters and archival materials, and “Mechanical Kurds” by Hito Steyerl, the artist’s project on technology, geopolitical conflicts, images and power. The picture is drawn from Artribune’s overview of Roman exhibitions, likewise the only source on the two museums’ programming.

What we don’t know

On the London exhibition we do not know the content of the show beyond subject and dates: the available sources do not indicate which sections of the tapestry will be visible, in what form and with which loans. On the Venetian prize we do not know which other titles were shortlisted nor how many members made up the jury. On the Roman exhibitions we do not have attendance figures, which none of the sources report.

Three appointments have a near deadline: the Dorset Museum closes “Treasure! Lost and found” on September 13, Stanley Mills closes “Marking Time” and the MAXXI closes the Pazienza retrospective on the 27th of the same month.