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The arms and hands of a person clad in a black shirt and gloves hold a gleaming golden amphora

The Panagyurishte Treasure Comes to the British Museum as Part of ‘Luxury & Power’

The museum's newest major exhibition includes a 'once-in-a-generation loan' of dazzling treasures from Bulgaria.
By Frances Forbes-Carbines
Row of sculptures displayed in room while visitors walk by

The UK Has a 60-Year Old Law Prohibiting Repatriation of Art. Is That About to Change?

The British Museum has long been barred from repatriation under a national statute. But as public pressure mounts, is it possible to overturn a 1963 act?
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Pope Francis dressed in white, wearing glasses

Pope Francis Orders the Return of the Vatican’s Collection of Parthenon Marbles to Greece

The Vatican is returning its Parthenon Marble fragments to Greece, a move that will add to mounting pressure on the British Museum to return its own collection.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

The National Gallery Becomes the Latest Art Institution to Cut Ties With BP

By Helen Holmes

A Statue of a Slave Ship Owner May Be Removed from London’s Museum of the Home

By Helen Holmes

The UK Science Museum Group Is Partnering With the Fossil Fuel Company Adani

By Helen Holmes

A British Museum Researcher Found What May Be the World’s Oldest Ghost Drawing

By Helen Holmes

Germany Plans to Return Over 1,000 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in 2022

By Helen Holmes

Nigerian Contemporary Art is Being Offered in Exchange for the U.K. Benin Bronzes

By Helen Holmes

A 2,000 Year Old Looted Statue of a Greek Goddess is Being Returned to Libya

By Helen Holmes

‘Haunting The West’ Explores Artist Michael Rakowitz, Colonialism, and Restitution

By Farah Abdessamad

UK Government Threatens to Cut Funding From Museums That Remove Statues

By Helen Holmes

Louvre Opened All Night Long for da Vinci Show’s Last Days—Some Still Couldn’t Get In

By Helen Holmes

Returning Benin’s Stolen Artifacts Should Be Simple—Here’s What Stands in the Way

By Helen Holmes

Why the British Museum Fought So Hard to Keep This Miniature Watercolor

By Helen Holmes

British Museum Faces More Criticism From Artists for Taking BP Money

By Helen Holmes

After the National Galleries of Scotland, What Other Arts Orgs Will Cut Ties With BP?

By Helen Holmes

Google Accidentally Helped Stop the Sale of a Stolen Antiquity

By Noah Charney
Installation view of Paa Joe and Elisabeth Efua Sutherland, "One does not take it anywhere," Gallery 1957, November 2017.

Paa Joe’s Fantasy Coffins Are Now Recognized as Contemporary Art in Ghana

By Margaret Carrigan
Long view of London by Wenceslaus Hollar (1647).

London’s River Thames Has Been a Hot Spot for Lost Art for Centuries

By Alanna Martinez
If you like the History Channel show Vikings, head to England to see this cool new exhibition.

You Can Explore a Viking Camp in Virtual Reality at This British Museum

By John Bonazzo
Mayor of London Boris Johnson (L) watches during the unveiling of a replica of Palmyra's Arch of Triumph in Trafalgar Square, central London, on April 19, 2016. The original arch was destroyed by the Islamic State (IS) and the replica has been crafted using the latest 3D printing and carving technologies by the Institute for Digital Archaeology.

ISIS-Destroyed Syrian Landmark To Be Resurrected in City Hall Park

By Alanna Martinez
The east pediment of the Parthenon Marbles, on view at the British Museum.

UK Parliament Pushes Bill to Return Elgin Marbles to Greece

By Alanna Martinez
The British Museum.

British Museum Is Most Visited UK Site, Iranian Artist Barred From Leaving Country

By Alanna Martinez
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