LONDON.- Five members of the art activist group Culture Beyond Oil today poured non-toxic black oil around the British Museum’s world famous Easter Island sculpture, in protest at BP’s sponsorship of the museum. The group, inspired by Liberat…
British Museum Celebrates Success of Public Service Partnership and Looks to the Future
LONDON.- The British Museum remained the most popular cultural attraction in the UK for a third year running, receiving 5.7 million visitors in 2009/2010, almost 200,000 more than in the previous year. On one day alone the Museum welcomed over 31,500 v…
The Wellcome Collection ~ A $60 Mil Jigsaw Puzzle Museum
LONDON — The classical facade of the Wellcome Collection here makes it seem as if this museum, which opened last June, were going to treat medical history the way the nearby British Museum treats Greek and Near Eastern civilizations, with an orde…
British Museum Announces "Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead" Exhibition
LONDON.- The British Museum’s major Autumn exhibition, supported by BP, will present and explore ancient Egyptian beliefs about life after death. Journey through the afterlife: ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead will showcase the rich textual and v…
The British Museum opens " Statuephilia ~ Contemporary Sculptors"
LONDON – The British Museum houses one of the greatest sculpture collections in the world. This autumn, it will showcase a group of major works by leading contemporary British artists in a series of installations paying tribute to the cultural si…
Collector’s Generous Bequest Brings Important 20th Century Works to 15 Museums in the UK
LONDON.- Membership charity the Art Fund has successfully placed 27 works of art from a major bequest in 15 museums across the UK . The works of art belonged to Ann Forsdyke (1913 – 2007), who worked at London ’s Whitechapel Art Gallery durin…