British Museum's Bayeux Tapestry Show Sets Record, Bans Photography After £2.4M Opening Day
In just 24 hours, the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum achieved a remarkable £2.4 million in ticket sales, marking its most profitable single day. Following this, a ban on photography was implemented to prevent disruptions in the queues. At the National Theatre, Cate Blanchett requested that attendees refrain from filming during the curtain call of Electra/Persona. To secure a $1,400 spot at Harry Styles's residency in Madison Square Garden, 43-year-old Tara Bess worked as an Uber driver for nine months; Goldman Sachs estimates that superfans add an extra $4 billion to the economy each year. Meanwhile, Aviel Cahn, the new director of Deutsche Oper Berlin, tackled low attendance with a complete staging of Stockhausen's Mittwoch aus Licht, the first since 2012. This summer, Russian drones destroyed 13 million books in Ukraine, including 8 million at Ranok, as reported by owner Viktor Kruglov.
Key facts
- British Museum sold £2.4 million in Bayeux Tapestry tickets in 24 hours, its biggest day ever.
- The museum banned photography days after opening due to visitors blocking the line for the 230-foot embroidery.
- Cate Blanchett asked audiences to stop filming after an Electra/Persona curtain call at the National Theatre.
- Tara Bess, 43, drove for Uber for nine months to afford a $1,400 barricade spot at Harry Styles's Madison Square Garden residency.
- Goldman Sachs values superfans at an extra $4 billion per year.
- Deutsche Oper Berlin staged Stockhausen's Mittwoch aus Licht with four helicopters and a live string quartet, the first complete staging since Birmingham 2012.
- Museums are dropping the ±2°C, ±5% humidity standard; HVAC is 60-70% of museum energy use, and Portland Museum of Art cut 9.5% in a trial.
- Russian drones destroyed 13 million Ukrainian books, including 8 million at Ranok in Kharkiv, a third of the annual print run.
Entities
Artists
- Cate Blanchett
- Tara Bess
- Harry Styles
- Aviel Cahn
- Viktor Kruglov
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
Institutions
- British Museum
- The New York Times
- National Theatre
- Deadline
- Uber
- Madison Square Garden
- Goldman Sachs
- The Guardian
- Deutsche Oper Berlin
- The Art Newspaper
- Portland Museum of Art
- Ranok
- AP
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Berlin
- Germany
- Birmingham
- Maine
- United States
- Kharkiv
- Ukraine
- Russia