LONDON.- This survey of modern drawings from the British Museums extensive collection explores the significant interchange of ideas between artists mainly working in Europe and America during the past hundred years. It showcases some of the greatest artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, starting with Picassos study for his masterpiece Les Desmoiselles dAvignon, the painting that changed the world in 1907, and concluding with Julie Mehretu, the Ethiopian-born artist and one of the stars of the contemporary international art scene. The exhibition features 70 works all of which have been added to the British Museums collection over the past 35 years and most of which have never been on public display at the Museum before. The British Museum has an unparalleled collection of graphic art from across the world, and actively collects modern and contemporary works today. Unfettered from academic codes o