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George Osborne clashed with No 10 over selection of British Museum director

Museum chair rejected demand that Rishi Sunak be able to pick candidate from shortlist of two

The Guardian - UK

Surge of interest in Ethiopian culture boosts case for return of treasures, says Sissay

Poet who is curating country’s first Venice Biennale pavilion says ‘part of the heart’ of the country was looted and is being held in museums

The Guardian - UK

Yinka Shonibare: "The argument that things are safer at the British Museum is a little bit shaky now"

As the British-Nigerian artist’s new Serpentine Gallery show opens he talks about the long arm of colonialism, why art needs to engage, and why the Benin Bronzes should be sent home

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British Museum investigated over Ethiopian artefacts hidden from view for 150 years

Watchdog examining claims key details have not been disclosed about altar tablets that museum is facing calls to return

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

The Guardian - UK

British Museum Appoints Nicholas Cullinan As New Director

Nicholas Cullinan appointed as new director of the British Museum amidst controversies and challenges, including missing artifacts and ownership disputes.

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

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

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British Museum closes to visitors as Energy Embargo for Palestine group gathers outside

New protest group is critical of London museum’s sponsorship by BP and seeks to make link with Gaza

The Guardian - UK

Visitors to UK attractions increasing but still below pre-Covid levels

Figures show many still ‘out of the habit’ of visiting museums, galleries, cathedrals, castles and country houses

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British Museum bounces back from scandal to be UK's most visited attraction

The British Museum pulled in millions of visitors in a difficult year.

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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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Ethiopian government tries to stop UK auction of looted Maqdala shield

Proposed sale of Abyssinian artefact taken during 1868 battle triggers appeal for restitution of ‘wrongfully acquired’ item

Evening Standard

Landmark new British Museum Michelangelo exhibition to explore the titan's 'demanding' final decades

Opening in May, the major new display will focus on the work the Renaissance master made over the last 30 years of his extraordinary life and career

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William Blake’s Universe review – polymath’s paintings are outclassed by the Germans

A wide-ranging exhibition on the English mystic makes unfortunate comparisons with his European contemporaries who, it turns out, are the far superior Romantics

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Tate Modern director Karin Hindsbo: 'Yes we should be 100 per cent funded, but that's not how the world works'

The institution’s new director was all set to leave the museum world for good - until Tate came calling

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British Museum’s social media accounts flooded with calls to return Easter Island statue

The museum ended up turning comments off on at least one post

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Westminster Abbey in discussions to return sacred Ethiopian treasure

The Abbey is in discussions about possible return of looted tablet

Evening Standard

Legion at the British Museum review: a spine-tingling look at life at the sharp end of Rome's war machine

This breathtaking and exhaustive exhibition shows what life was like for Roman soldiers on the front line

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‘Their heads were nailed to the trees’: what was life – and death – like for Roman legionaries?

It was the defeat that traumatised Rome, leaving 15,000 soldiers slaughtered in a German field. As a major show explores this horror and more, our writer finds traces of the fallen by a forest near the Rhine

The Guardian - UK

V&A’s ‘return’ of looted Ghana gold is a new way to tackle Britain’s painful past

A loan deal for the Asante treasures offers a golden opportunity for cultural exchange, argues the museum’s director

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: Why Britain is returning plundered artefacts back to Ghana – sort of

In today’s newsletter: 32 pieces of Asante gold are to return home from the British Museum and V&A … but only on loan

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British Museum and V&A to lend Ghana looted gold and silver

Objects to go on show at the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi as part of Asante king’s silver jubilee celebrations

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