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Rare Statue Of Female Gladiator Found

Posted 04.20.2012

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A new study suggests that a rare statue of a gladiator is housed in a German museum. The catch: the warrior may be a woman. In the Internat...

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The Hajj Comes to London, Advancing Cultural Diplomacy

Philip Seib | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: British Museum, Mecca, Islam, Hajj, Cultural Diplomacy, British Museum Hajj, Art, Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam, Hajj British Museum, Global Art, Arts News

The arts can push politics aside and allow the true spirit of a people to emerge and be viewed by the rest of the world.

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The Hajj Is One Journey We All Need to Understand

Christina Patterson | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Religion, British Museum, Islam, Pilgrimage, Spiritual Journey, Hajj, Culture News

You don't have to go round it seven times, but you almost feel you should. You almost feel, when you go into what used to be the reading room at the British Museum and hear the wailing of a human voice that millions hear as a call to prayer, as if you should swap your jeans for a tunic.

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Thank You for Stealing Saddam's Buttock

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 03.21.2012

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Those stories you hear about the foreign troops who pillaged and pilfered Iraq, the seat of ancient Mesopotamia -- those stories don't do justice to what we have learned from the tale of Nigel Ely. He's taught us things that only Saddam's buttock could have imparted.

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Is Middle Eastern Art 500 Years Behind The West?

ARTINFO | Posted 03.14.2012

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"The purpose of that subversion is to hold people's throats intellectually, and get them to think: why are we so far behind the rest of the world?"

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WATCH: Oil Giant BP In Sticky Situation With Art World

Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Museum Funding, BP Oil Disaster, Bp, Ed Maizey, British Museum, Video, Nicholas Serota, BP Oil Spill 2010, Royal Opera House, Museum Funding Controversy, Tate Britain, British Petroleum, BP Oil Spill, National Portrait Gallery, Arts News

BP, the oil mega power infamously known for the disastrous spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, is continuing their controversial funding of several B...

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Culture that money just can't buy

Raconteur Media | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Arts, British Museum, Philanthropy, Frieze Art Fair, Art Sponsorship, Business News

Measuring return on investment might be tricky, but the world of finance is leveraging arts sponsorships to reach the super-rich, writes Claire Adler ...

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WATCH: "Treasures Of Heaven": Medieval Religious Relics At The British Museum

Posted 09.04.2011

The British Museum's Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe exhibition is an extraordinary collection of religious objec...

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British Museum Director Fired & Alleged Of Theft

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gareth Griffiths has been dismissed from his post as director of the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum following accusations that he sold off ite...

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Blockbuster Shakespeare Exhibition To Open Before London Olympics

Telegraph | Roya Nikkhah, Arts Correspondent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: British Museum, London 1612, United Kingdom, Books, William Shakespeare, Coins, London Olympics, Theater, Shakespeare, London Olympics 2012, London, Playwright, Arts News

London 1612: Shakespeare's Theatre of the World, will open in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics and will explore the role of the capital as an em...

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PHOTOS: 'Afghanistan: Crossroads Of The Ancient World' On View At British Museum

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Afghani art and artifacts on view now at the British Museum showcase not only the rich cultural heritage of Afghanistan but, because these antiqui...

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BLOGWATCH> Protesters Against Ban On Photography In Museums On We Make Money Not Art

OrsayCommons | Regine on December 21, 2010 9:22 AM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, British Museum, Louvre, Orsaycommons, Activism, Parisian Museums, Moma, Banning Photography, Paris, Louvre Museum, Collectives, Arts News

A few months ago, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris decided to ban photographs of the artworks and of the inside of the building, allegedly 'to preserve the...

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Book of the Dead Comes To Life At British Museum

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — As self-help manuals go, the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead has certainly stood the test of time. For centuries, the 3,500-year-old...

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HIGHLIGHTS: Surrealist, Creepy, And Haunted

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: British Museum, Halloween, The Egyptian Book of the Dead, Haunted House, Slidepollajax, Kara Walker, River Phoenix, Halloween-in-New-York-City, Berlin-Artist, Berlin Art Galleries, Arts News

The Arts page last week focused on a lot of strange and disturbing art, perfect for the Halloween spirit. From the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead ...

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PHOTOS: EXHIBITION SPOTLIGHT: Pages From Ancient Egyptian Book Of The Dead At The British Museum

Posted 05.25.2011

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WHAT: 'Journey Through the Afterlife: The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead' WHEN: 4 November 2010 - 6 March 2011 WHERE: British Museum Great...

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UK Treasure Hunter Finds 52,000 Roman Coins

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — A treasure hunter has found about 52,500 Roman coins, one of the largest such discoveries ever in Britain, officials said Thursday. Th...

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Iran To Cut Ties With British Museum Over Loan Of Cyrus Cylinder

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran said it will cut ties with the British Museum on Monday because of the museum's failure to lend Tehran an anc...

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Who Owns Art? Who Owns Democracy?

Karen Essex | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: British Museum, Napoleon, Louvre, Lord Elgin, Parthenon, Stealing Athena, Bernard Tschumi, New Acropolis Museum, World News

If the Parthenon marbles are returned to Greece from Britain, it should not be done on the basis of returning "colonial booty." These sculptures are a unique and special case.

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Gold Kate Moss Statue Unveiled: "Largest Since Ancient Egypt"

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON, England -- The British Museum plans to display a statue of supermodel Kate Moss that it bills as the largest gold statue built since ancient ...

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