KOYO KOUOH LANDS VENICE BIENNALE TOP JOB. Koyo Kouoh, the 57-year-old Cameroonian Swiss museum director, has been appointed ...
The Elgin Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Sculptures, are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures that were part of the Parthenon ...
Greece has long maintained that the Elgin Marbles were illegally removed from their place high atop Athens’ acropolis during a period of foreign occupation. It remains a matter for the British ...
which then ruled Greece. Lord Elgin claimed he had been given permission by the Ottoman Empire for the transfer of the sculptures and sold them to the UK government in 1816 before the marbles ...
Attorney General Sir Michael Ellis has suggested Britain could reclaim the Ionian Islands from Greece if Athens continues ...
Greece has claimed progress has been made in negotiations to return the Elgin Marbles to Athens ahead of a crunch meeting its ...
UK law prevents the British Museum from permanently returning the sculptures to Greece. Talks are reportedly underway about a ...