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Munch masterpieces, open-air Emin and a pint-pulling EastEnders jamboree – the week in art

Munch shows his bleak brilliance, Tracey goes pastoral, the Queen Vic opens all hours and Hockney gets sketchy

The Guardian - UK

Londoner’s Diary: Rory Stewart mulls a return to the political fray

In today’s Diary: Rory Stewart ponders a return / Gary Lineker says more footballers will come out / Guilty Feminist on the ‘trans debate’ / Robert Harris couldn’t invent partygate

Evening Standard

Greece clash with British Museum over Parthenon marble claims

Greece has rejected claims made by the British Museum that marbles taken from the Parthenon were “removed from the rubble”.

Evening Standard

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Greece rebuts British Museum claim Parthenon marbles were ‘removed from rubble’

Museum’s deputy director had told Unesco meeting contested treasures ‘were not all hacked’ from Greek temple

The Guardian - UK

Goddesses, she-devils and a tangle with textiles – the week in art

Lonnie Holley scours Britain for material, demons seize the British Museum and feminist fabrics come to Cambridge

The Guardian - UK

Parthenon fragment from Italy can stay in Greece "forever", Greek ministry says

A marble fragment of the Parthenon temple will be permanently returned to Athens from a museum in Italy, a significant move for Greece which has stepped up its campaign for the return of the sculptures from its most renowned ancient monument.

Reuters

‘Goddesses, I yield to you!’ Marina Warner on the volcanic power of witches, she-devils and divinities

The writer has always resisted deity worship but she found her senses sparking at the British Museum’s gripping show about female superbeings – one wearing a necklace of severed heads

The Guardian - UK

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Schoolboy, 12, finds Bronze Age gold ribbon worth £1,000 with metal detector

Patrick Hooper took up the hobby of searching for treasure with his metal detector three years ago. He regularly visits remote country fields with his dad, hoping to make some great discoveries

Daily Mirror

The Platinum Jubilee Weekend: Here are all the London cultural events to mark in your diary

It’s going to be one packed four day bank holiday weekend

Evening Standard

Lonely Planet names Canberra's ultimate tourist experience - and it's not the AWM

What is Canberra's ultimate tourist experience?

The Canberra Times

Climate and heritage experts call on British Museum to end BP sponsorship

Culture Unstained put together submission stating oil company ‘falls short’ in response to climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

The $1m challenge: ‘If the Turin Shroud is a forgery, show how it was done’

Expert on revered relic calls on British Museum to back up the results of its disputed carbon dating tests

The Guardian - UK

New director of the Acropolis Museum calls for Parthenon marbles to be returned to Greece

Athens museum director Nikos Stampolidis said Westminster could rule on the issue.

Evening Standard

Send Ethiopian treasures back, former Archbishop of Canterbury tells British Museum

A former Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the British Museum to return a collection of Ethiopian religious treasures to Africa.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on museums and communities: shaping the future

Editorial: The UK’s galleries need not just protect the past. They can be ethical actors in the present

Evening Standard

From Meghan Markle to Fergie and Peter Phillips — a brief history of the best royal side hustles

From newspaper columns to YouTube channels and ad campaigns for milk, Juliana Piskorz on the royals working 9-5 (and beyond) to make it rain

Inverse

'Moon Knight' theory reveals a shocking 'Doctor Strange 2' connection

'Moon Knight' doesn't have any obvious connections to the rest of the MCU, but one subtle clue could reveal how it sets up Marvel's biggest movie of 2022.

The Guardian - UK

British Museum facing legal action over Parthenon marbles 3D scan refusal

Institute for Digital Archaeology says it intends to serve injunction against museum imminently

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British Museum to remove Sackler name from galleries, rooms

One of the world’s most prestigious museums is removing the Sackler name from its galleries.

The Independent UK

British Museum to remove Sackler name from galleries

The British Museum will remove the Sackler name from galleries, rooms and endowments following global outrage over the role the family played in the opioid crisis

The Independent UK

British Museum cuts ties with Sackler name

The Sackler name will be removed from galleries, rooms and endowments they supported.

The Guardian - UK

British Museum removes Sackler family name from galleries

Museum is latest institution to distance itself from family accused of profiting from US opioids crisis

The Independent UK

British Museum announces first exhibition on female spiritual beings

A newly acquired icon of the Hindu goddess Kali will feature in the exhibition.

Evening Standard

Female power on show at the British Museum

A contemporary take on the Hindu goddess Kali is going on show in the British Museum as part of its latest exhibition.

The Guardian - UK

Stonehenge glories are tarnished by British Museum’s oil giant backer

This great cultural institution’s trustees must refuse to renew its sponsorship arrangement with BP

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