Artnet

British Museum’s Forecourt Redesign Plans Slammed by Conservation Groups

Conservationists are opposing a plan by the British Museum to overhaul its forecourt, warning it would disrupt its historic symmetry. Studio Weave’s plan adds security pavilions and a ...
Artnet

British Museum’s A.I.-Generated Post Sparks Online Backlash

Several archaeologists have taken to social media to call out the British Museum for posting images containing A.I.-generated content on its Instagram and Facebook. After receiving a wave of backlash, ...
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British Museum in London holds samurai exhibition

The British Museum in London is holding an exhibition on samurai, exploring the reality of the Japanese feudal-era warriors through furnishings, works of art and video images. The exhibition, set to ...
Yahoo

The British Museum’s enthralling samurai exhibition blew my mind

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tetsuya Noguchi’s sculpture depicting a samurai riding a rubber duck has been commissioned for the British Museum’s exhibition - ...
London Evening Standard

Row breaks out over planned British Museum security blocks 'like a wine bar'

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. The British Museum's plan to build a new security block and convert its front courtyards into ...
Mint

The ‘Bayeux Tapestry’ at the British Museum: An embroidered tale of the Norman conquest

I first encountered the Bayeux Tapestry at the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux in Normandy, France, in a room so dimly lit that even the bulbs seemed to be whispering. The embroidery looped around ...
BBC

Museum's building plans too flashy, critics say

It is feared that the new blocks would undermine the museum's architecture New security buildings in the grounds of the British Museum would look "too flashy" and resemble "a shop and wine bar", ...
BBC

Museum's building plans too flashy, critics say

New security buildings in the grounds of the British Museum would look "too flashy" and resemble "a shop and wine bar", opponents to the plans have said. The central London attraction wants to replace ...
The Independent

Half of Japan’s samurai were women, groundbreaking new exhibition at British Museum says

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
London Evening Standard

Royal Academy’s first female president given Freedom of the City of London

British abstract artist Rebecca Salter has exhibited all over the world including at the Tate, British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum. The Royal Academy of Art’s first female president has said ...
The Guardian

Samurai review: Japan’s lethal warrior class are shown in all their sexy, demonic glory

Extraordinary battle armour, complete with moustachioed masks, enlivens this scintillating show, which brilliantly captures the theatrical side of a chivalrous epoch Japan’s pre-modern warrior elite ...