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Treasures of Shanghai: Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades
Monday, January 05, 2009 9:53 AM

29 January 2009 to 27 March 2009 British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG Admire exquisite bronzes and stunning jades in this new display of Shanghai's treasures at the British Museum. Sixty spectacular Chinese jades and bronzes, loaned from the Shanghai Museum, are on show in this new exhibition. Delicate early jades carved into strange human... Read More...

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Filed under: london, british museum, treasures if shanghai, moral beauty, wine vessels, birds, imperial collection, human like figures, durability, chinese art, shanghai museum loan, monsters, sacrificial vessels, ancient chinese bronzes and jades, 250bc, zhou dynasty

Contemporary Sculpture at the British Museum - Statuephilia
Friday, December 12, 2008 12:02 PM

4 October 2008 to 25 January 2009 Leading British artists Damien Hirst, Antony Gormley, Ron Mueck, Marc Quinn, and Noble and Webster pay tribute to the cultural significance of sculpture through the ages. Each artist has created a sculpture for a different gallery of the British Museum. Cornucopia : Damien Hirst fills the wall cases of the Enlightenment Gallery... Read More...

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Filed under: contemporary, sculpture, damien hirst, assyrian, gold statue kate moss, cornucopia, classical statuary, egyptian, webster, 200 skulls, until 25th january 2009, british museum, enlightenment gallery, case for an angel, statuephilia, siren, ron mueck, noble, antony gormley, marc quinn