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Art

A Coven of Art Convenes to Examine the Face of the Witch

Whether you imagine a witch as a monstrous Macbeth conjuror, or a more innocuous pointy-hatted character riding a broomstick, it's likely the visuals of art have something to do with it.

Opinion

British Museum Wants Someone to Update Its Website for Free [UPDATED]

The British Museum is a flagship cultural institution with 2013 expenditures of £115.4 million (~$186.2 million). It is also, according to a current online listing, seeking free help from experienced coders in the guise, naturally, of an internship or "student placement" with its "Digital Team."

Art

Crowdsourcing the Bronze Age in a New Platform for Archaeology

Some of the most significant records on human history remain inaccessible to a wide audience. A new open source crowdsourcing platform called MicroPasts is looking to involve online amateurs in collaborations with professional archaeologists to create digital records of archive collections.

News

Indigenous Action Highlights British Museum's Role in Colonialism

Last Friday, January 11, Idle No More London staged a UK solidarity action in London's British Museum. Standing in solidarity with the Idle No More movement, which originated last November with the First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities in Canada, members of Idle No More London chose the museum

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British Museum Maintenance Workers Strike Against Privatization

Roughly 50 maintenance workers and cleaners at the British Museum staged a brief strike this past Monday, the AFP reports, protesting the museum's plans to privatize maintenance work starting next April. The workers are represented by the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union and Unite, and bot

Art

Minotaurs and Mistresses: Picasso at the British Museum

CHICAGO — It's on days like this that I wish I still lived in London. If you do, or you're visiting between May and September, make sure the British Museum is on your to-do list: they are mounting a rare show devoted entirely to Picasso's "Vollard" suite, a set of 100 etchings that Picasso made in t

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Brooklyn Housing Project Gets the Ax, Iran Cuts Ties with British Museum, Nelson-Atkins Gets Impressionist Stash

… a Manhattan gallery is being accused of selling a Basquiat without the owners permission … the 2009 New England Art Awards have been announced … the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland is getting a new building … Transport of London has banned posters for Massive Attack's latest album because it