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A Worthwhile But Flawed Reconsideration of Orientalist Art
The British Museum's Inspired by the East asks its audience to rehabilitate Orientalist art without ever focusing on what made it problematic in the first place.
Aditya Iyer is an independent journalist and writer based in London who writes about identity, migrant politics, and culture.
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The British Museum's Inspired by the East asks its audience to rehabilitate Orientalist art without ever focusing on what made it problematic in the first place.
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