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Echoes of empire, a million rabbit holes and a close look at a cave – the week in art

Hew Locke interrogates the British Museum, Rirkrit Tiravanija interacts with the tense US election and a ‘library cave’ spills its secrets – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

The Silk Road still casts a spell, but was the ancient trading route just a western invention?

Two dazzling new exhibitions at the British Library and British Museum show the riches of the supposed east-west link but also highlight problems with the whole idea

The Guardian - UK

Picasso the printmaker takes centre stage at British Museum

Big exhibition will reflect life and loves of artist, from his first professional print in 1904 to 1960s masterpieces

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'A king will die': 4,000-year-old lunar eclipse omen tablets finally deciphered

Tablets added to the British Museum's collection many decades ago have finally been deciphered.

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An artist has stolen a coin from the British Museum as part of a performance piece – but is the artwork ethical?

In June, the Brazilian artist Ilê Sartuzi removed a historical coin from its display case in the British Museum in London and deposited it in a donation box in the museum’s lobby. The footage of the performance piece, called Sleight of Hand, was shown as part of his graduate MFA…

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Brazilian artist swaps historical coin in British Museum for a fake

Ilê Sartuzi put original coin in museum donation box as part of project about number of foreign objects in its collection

The Guardian - UK

Barbie graces London and the Rokeby Venus heads to Liverpool – the week in art

Plus Dominique White’s subaquatic sculptures, Lonnie Holley’s salvaged objects and a new Rembrandt at the British Museum – all in your weekly dispatch

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Anglo-Saxons may have fought in northern Syrian wars, say experts

Warriors from Britain joined far-flung Byzantine military campaigns in sixth century, grave goods suggest

The Guardian - UK

Charge overseas visitors £20 entry to British Museum, says former director

Sir Mark Jones added that British taxpayers should still visit for free

The Independent UK

Did people in Ancient Rome and Greece love the same way we do? Perhaps even more hopelessly

Sometime around 100 AD, the Roman lawyer and aristocrat Pliny sent a letter to his third wife, Calpurnia – who was staying in a different part of Italy – to express how much he loved and missed her:

The Conversation

Former British Museum director wants to charge tourists £20 entry and share Elgin marbles with Greece

Sir Mark Jones thinks tourists should also pay to enter National Gallery and Science Museum

Evening Standard

Pyramid scheme: the Pharaoh show comes to the National Gallery of Victoria

After eight years of discussion the British Museum’s biggest international show is the largest Egyptian exhibition yet staged in Australia

The Guardian - AU

Pharaoh at the NGV is the greatest exhibition of ancient Egyptian art ever seen in Australia

There have been many exhibitions of ancient Egyptian art held in Australia. Pharaoh, at the National Gallery of Victoria, is outstanding for its scope, scale and presentation.

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Rare artefacts on display for largest pharaohs showcase

An exclusive ancient Egyptian exhibition focusing on pharaohs' lives and the people that served them will display rarely seen artefacts from the British Museum.

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Silk Road leads from Uzbekistan to London for landmark exhibition

British Museum will host treasures from Samarkand in a bid to dispel cliches of camels, spices and bazaars

Evening Standard

British Museum faces potential £1 million bill over missing treasures

The final bill will be published in the museum’s accounts.

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Kusuma Barnett obituary

Other lives: Head of volunteering at the British Museum who helped to bring new life to its public involvement programmes

Evening Standard

British Museum finds almost 300 more stolen and missing artefacts

The British Museum has recovered 268 more missing objects following thefts at the institution.

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The Guardian - UK

Michelangelo: The Last Decades review – feels close to a religious experience

This huge yet intimate show of the Renaissance polymath’s work guides you by the heart as well as the eyes

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The big steal: how do ancient treasures from museums end up for sale on the internet?

At least 2,000 items from the British Museum were reported missing, stolen or damaged last year, and it now faces a massive overhaul. But it’s not the only institution that finds it hard to keep hold of its collections – and when that happens, who do they call? Meet the…

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The BBC, Ofcom and now the British Museum – why do the Tories keep interfering in cultural appointments?

No 10’s meddling is corrupting the integrity of public postings, and turning institutions into political pawns, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

Evening Standard

British Museum in talks with four foreign governments about returning ancient artefacts

The museum has faced calls for many years for some items to be returned to their original homes

The Guardian - UK

Nicholas Cullinan: energetic leader tasked with British Museum overhaul

After overseeing a transformation of the National Portrait Gallery he will need to draw on that experience in his new role

Evening Standard

British Museum shuts early after protest by pro-Palestine climate activists

Around 200 protesters took part in the demonstration, said Energy Embargo for Palestine

Evening Standard

British Museum under fire for sharing 'sexist' TikTok video about Roman exhibition

The British Museum has defended the video saying that it was intended to be joke

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