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The Sun Is Setting on the British Museum

Avatar photo by Emiline Smith September 6, 2023September 7, 2023

There’s only one way for the museum to survive the 21st century, and it starts with advancing toward restorative justice.

Posted inNews

British Museum Director Resigns Amid Theft Scandal

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie August 25, 2023

The reported thefts by one of the museum’s own employees have also fueled new calls for the repatriation of the Benin Bronzes and Parthenon marbles.

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Museum Settles With Translator Whose Work Was Used Without Permission

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie August 8, 2023August 8, 2023

Yilin Wang’s translations of Chinese poems were initially included in a British Museum show without her approval and without compensation.

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Open Letter Calls On British Museum to Drop BP Name

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie August 7, 2023August 7, 2023

A missive signed by 80 artists and activists including Nan Goldin draws parallels between the oil giant and the Sackler family, whose name has been removed from institutions worldwide.

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Translator Calls Out British Museum’s “Erasure” of Her Work

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie June 27, 2023June 28, 2023

Yilin Wang, whose translations of Chinese poems were used without permission, claims the museum mishandled the issue and has not properly compensated her.

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Translator Says British Museum Used Her Work Without Permission

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

The London institution is taking down Yilin Wang’s translations of Qiu Jin’s poems after Wang called out the museum in a Twitter thread.

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Did the British Museum Cut Ties With Its Oil Sponsor?

Avatar photo by Maya Pontone June 2, 2023June 5, 2023

News that the museum has not renewed contracts with oil giant British Petroleum is being hailed by climate advocates as a “massive victory.”

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British Museum Workers Announce One-Week Strike

Avatar photo by Taylor Michael January 31, 2023March 8, 2023

The action could disrupt public access to the museum as workers campaign for higher wages and better labor conditions.

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British Museum Pledges “Net-Zero Carbon” Despite Big Oil Funding

by Rhea Nayyar January 1, 2023December 30, 2022

It’s unclear whether the London institution will renew its contract with the oil and gas giant British Petroleum when it expires in 2023.

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Activists Crash British Museum Opening to Protest Egypt’s Political Prisoners

by Rhea Nayyar October 11, 2022October 12, 2022

The anti-fuel group Culture Unstained criticized the museum’s connections to British Petroleum and its silence on the imprisonment of Egyptian political critic Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

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UK’s New PM Says No to Returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie October 6, 2022October 6, 2022

But Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who says the UK is “cornered,” plans to insist on the marbles’ return during a visit this year.

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New UK Law Allows Museums to Return Objects For “Moral” Reasons

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

The law will apply only in “rare cases,” one expert says, but nevertheless signals a shift from past legal restrictions.

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Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries
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Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries

Featuring two decades of interdisciplinary art along with new work created in response to the ongoing Women’s Rights Movement in Iran, the exhibition is on view in Hartford, Connecticut.

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