‘What could be discovered? What is new there?’: blockbuster exhibition celebrates Roy Lichtenstein
The often-criticised pop artist is the focus of a monumental new survey including rarely seen pieces and ambitious new restagings at New York’s Whitney Museum When the American artist Roy Lichtenstein created his monumental Greene Street Mural in 1983,…
Should we refuse to give the Bayeux tapestry back to France? Of course not! So why are we keeping the Parthenon marbles? | Simon Jenkins
It is simply wrong for the British Museum to hoard what doesn’t belong to Britain. Let the squabbling end and the sculptures be returned to GreeceFor the Bayeux tapestry to return to France would be a scandal. It is British, probably made in Canterbury…
Do the British Museum’s links with Palantir and BP bring it into disrepute? | Letter
Dr Chris Garrard responds to an article about George Osborne assuming that Palantir founder Peter Thiel’s visit to view the Bayeux tapestry would remain secretAs the chair of the British Museum, George Osborne is a holder of public office with a duty to…
Korea review – a nirvana of wild beauty shattered by the 20th century
British Museum, LondonThe staggering resourcefulness and fantastic originality of bygone artisans is showcased in earthenware so exquisite it will soothe your soul. But a lurch into the modern breaks the spellCan they do it again? The runaway success of…
From bling and birds to ‘really fancy armour’ – the best dressed characters of the Bayeux tapestry
Medieval experts talk us through the fashion of the near-1,000-year-old embroidered work, and what it says about the people wearing itDon’t get Fashion Statement delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereBlood, booze, arrows and boats; these are what you…