Antony Gormley and Bridget Riley also pick works to be shown on high-res displays, thanks to a drive to put art at the core of the secondary school cultural syllabus

A scheme to bring powerful works of art into the classroom is to be rolled out across British secondary schools in the coming year, with the aim of reaching a million students daily in 1,000 schools by 2027.

Works by Van Gogh, Matisse, Blake and Georgia O’Keeffe, each selected by leading names in contemporary art, including Damien Hirst, Bridget Riley, Cornelia Parker and Antony Gormley, are to be at the centre of a drive for improved visual arts education.