The proposed loan of the Bayeaux Tapestry from France to the British Museum has hit another bump in the road after nationwide strikes prevented it being taken to a secret location ahead of the cross-channel journey.

The move, due to happen today, has been postponed as some 800,000 people are expected to walk out as part of a protest against budget cuts.

Philippe Bélaval, who is in charge of the loan process, said local politicians did "not feel able to ensure the security of such a high-profile transfer" in the light of the protests.

It comes after more than 73,000 people signed a petition calling for the loan to be canceled as they say the work is too fragile to be transported to London.

The price of admission to New York's Museum of Modern Art when Glenn Lowry became director in 1995. He recently handed over the role to Christophe Cherix with the price of a MoMA ticket now standing at $30.

1 - American painter Danielle Mckinney is getting her second wind with her first UK exhibition at the Max Hetzler gallery in London. Based in New Jersey, she has already had major solo shows in Copenhagen and Turin with a solo exhibition currently running at the Rose Art Museum in Massachusetts. Her new show, Second Wind, runs to November 1.

2 - Keith Haring's last ever painting goes on view alongside some of the works that made his name in a show opening tonight at New York's Gladstone Gallery on 24th Street. Liberating the Soul: Keith Haring’s Paintings runs to November 1.

3 - Ishita Chakraborty is opening her first solo show tonight after winning last year's Manor Art Prize. I Recall The Forest Inside Me is at the Peter Kilchmann Galerie in Zurich's Ramistrasse until October 25 and features paintings, drawings on sari fabric, self-portraits and sculptures.

4 - The greatest hits of New York's 1980's art scene are on display at the Levy Gorvy Dayan gallery in the city. Downtown/Uptown: New York in the Eighties opens tonight and runs to December 13 featuring work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Guerrilla Girls, Jeff Koons, Julian Schnabel and Cindy Sherman.

1 - It is safe to say Nikos Papadopoulos is not a fan of the work of artist Christophoros Katsadiotis. The Greek politician hit the headlines in March when he smashed four of the artist's works at the National Gallery in Athens which he said were blasphemous and yesterday he organized a protest outside the building demanding the now-repaired works be removed.

2 - Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's crusade against antiquities trafficking continues with the announcement his office is returning nine looted objects to Costa Rica. Among them are six jade axe-shaped pendants that are more than 1,000 years old and believed to have been stolen from tombs in the central American country. Around 2,400 stolen antiquities have been returned since he took office in 2022.

3 - Olafur Eliasson's latest work is part of a wider project raising awareness of the ecological crisis facing the Great Salt Lake in Utah. His installation, which is sponsored by former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg's Public Art Challenge, is made up of field recording of its wildlife accompanied by a light projection and will be seen next year in a public park in Salt Lake City.

4 - Mystery surrounds the identity of the actor getting their 15 minutes of fame playing Andy Warhol in the new Jean-Michel Basquiat biopic. Filming has started in New York for the movie starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. in the leading role. No information is forthcoming on who is playing Warhol but judging by the photographs published on an East Village blog someone has donned the silver wig.

5 - A $180,000 artwork by Carlos Cruz Diez on a pedestrian road crossing in the Florida city of Coral Gables has been painted over. The work, commissioned in 2017 for the city's public art program, fell foul of a Florida Department of Transportation rule that says "non-standard" markings must be removed.