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Art: Body language
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Richard Blurton has no one to blame but himself. If, as
assistant keeper of Oriental antiquities in the British Museum, you
wanted to give yourself the mother and father of all headaches, a
pretty sure way to do it would be to crate up 30 tons of the BM's
most magnificent treasures, air freight them to India, then set up
in Delhi the biggest travelling show in the museum's history.
However, that's what Blurton has done, and now the worst of the
headache has ended with the opening of the show,...
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Terracotta eco-warrior ; Protester breaches security at the British Museum to put masks on exhibits
Evening Standard - London
; AN eco-protester breached security at the British Museum to put face masks on exhibits from the Chinese Terracotta Army. The man jumped barriers to place the masks bearing the slogan "CO2 emission polluter" on two of the life-sized figures to highlight China's poor pollution record. Security guards
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The Pope's museum: in the June 1991 issue, John Pope-Hennessy's waspish memoirs were given a stinging review by John Rowlands, then Keeper of Prints and drawings at the British Museum.(FROM THE APOLLO ARCHIVES)
Apollo
; Generally speaking, at the British Museum Pope-Hennessy felt less sure of himself than at the V&A, for he was unfamiliar with the collections, apart from some acquaintance with Old Master drawings, and he lacked any proper scholarly knowledge of most of them. Since he was keenly sensitive about
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Heaven on earth; Michelangelo's drawings.(exhibition at British Museum)
The Economist (US)
; A magnificent show brings the Renaissance master's spirit back to life MICHELANGELO was so afraid that his drawings would reveal the secrets of his art that he hid them from all but a close circle of intimates and had many of them burned before his death. The Renaissance master would be deeply
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British Museum boss rejects a bite of the Big Apple
Evening Standard - London
; ... was delighted that Mr MacGregor had agreed to another five-year term. "I think that is hugely joyous news for the British Museum and outstanding news for the standing of the UK in the international cultural scene," he said. "Outstanding success only ...
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Michelangelo blockbuster to be British Museum's next big draw
Evening Standard - London
; THE BRITISH MUSEUM today unveiled details of its forthcoming exhibition devoted to the drawings of Michelangelo. Michelangelo Drawings: Closer to the Master opens in March. It is the first exhibition by the Renaissance artist at the British Museum for 30 years, offering a comprehensive study of his
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Michelangelo blockbuster to be British Museum's next big draw.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: TOM TEODORCZUK THE BRITISH MUSEUM today unveiled details of its forthcoming exhibition devoted to the drawings of Michelangelo. Michelangelo Drawings: Closer to the Master opens in March. It is the first exhibition by the Renaissance artist at the British Museum for 30 years, offering a
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Radiocarbon dating at the British Museum -- the end of an era.(laboratory closed in 2001, United Kingdom)(Statistical Data Included)
Antiquity
; The origins of the British Museum's radiocarbon dating laboratory, which closed in 2001, can be traced back to 1948, the year before the first radiocarbon dates were published by Willard Libby and colleagues. To mark its passing, the history of the laboratory was excavated from the Museum's
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Strike threat fuels British Museum crisis
Evening Standard - London
; THE British Museum is in crisis. On top of a pounds 6.5 million black hole in the accounts, one of the three greatest museums in the world now faces the possibility of its staff going on strike, writes Rowan Moore. Workers are threatening to walk out over plans to axe 150 jobs from the museum's
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Saving Iraq's heritage Director Neil MacGregor should be celebrating the British Museum's 250th anniversary but instead finds himself on an international mission
Evening Standard - London
; THE director of the British Museum is visibly agitated. Today, his legendary calm and courteous manner cannot hide exasperation. Moments before we meet, and after three days of scandalised headlines on the looting in Iraq, Neil MacGregor has learned that the ransacked Baghdad Museum still has no
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Saving Iraq's heritage; Director Neil MacGregor should be celebrating the British Museum's 250th anniversary but instead finds himself on an international mission.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: FIONA MADDOCKS THE director of the British Museum is visibly agitated. Today, his legendary calm and courteous manner cannot hide exasperation. Moments before we meet, and after three days of scandalised headlines on the looting in Iraq, Neil MacGregor has learned that the ransacked Baghdad
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