Arts & Culture
British Museum and British Petroleum are bedfellows again
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The British Museum has announced a new £50 million partnership with the oil company BP after an apparent break between the two institutions earlier this year.
Culture
PM Rishi Sunak cancels meeting with Greek counterpart in row over the Parthenon Marbles
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancels a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a row that erupted over the Parthenon Marbles.
Europe
Marble of a Different Color: New Discoveries on the Parthenon Sculptures
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New research offers clues about the original colors used in the Parthenon and its statuary.
Arts & Culture
Editorial: Theft and woe at the British Museum should lead to change
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A scandal at the British Museum has led to a curator being fired for the theft of potentially thousands of objects and the resignation of the museum’s director. Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott argues it should lead to rethinking the structure of large institutions like the British Museum.
Arts & Culture
Editorial: Philanthropy is the problem
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott critiques the way philanthropy structures our ideas about the pagan past to match the priorities of museum mega-donors.