99 m. ago Lady Kitty leads belles of the ball as London hosts its own rival to New York's Met Gala

The eldest daughter (pictured) of Charles Spencer - and the late Princess Diana's niece - stunned in a corset gown for the inaugural British Museum Ball.

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3 h. ago Mick Jagger and Janet Jackson lead guests at London’s answer to the Met Gala

Naomi Campbell and director Steve McQueen also in attendance at inaugural British Museum Ball

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5 h. ago Janet Jackson, Tracey Emin and Maya Jama among attendees at British Museum Ball

Attendees were taking part in a silent auction throughout the evening.

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6 h. ago Pretty in pink: Celebrities dazzle at inaugural British Museum ball

Stars have begun arriving at the British Museum

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10 h. ago British Museum fundraising gala: Why is it called the Pink Ball?

The event is set to attracts some of the biggest celebs in the UK and beyond

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11 h. ago The Pink Ball: which celebs are attending the British Museum’s ultra

The gala boasts an impressive organisation committee, with names like Naomi Campbell, Stephen Fry and Idris Elba

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18 h. ago Champagne, celebs and artefacts: British Museum hosts first lavish ‘pink ball’ fundraiser

£2,000-a-ticket event, where 800 guests will hobnob among world’s treasures, could herald new reality in desperate arts funding climateThere will be champagne, of course, and dancing, fine Indian food served alongside the Parthenon marbles and cocktails mixed in front of the Renaissance treasures of the Waddesdon bequest. And everywhere – from the lights illuminating the Greek revival architecture, to the carpet on which guests arrive, to the glamorous outfits they are requested to wear – a very particular shade of pink.When the British Museum throws open its doors on Saturday evening for its first “pink ball”, it will not only be hosting an enormous and lavish party, but also inaugurating what its director, Nicholas Cullinan, has called a “flagship national event” that he hopes will become as important to his institution’s finances as it will to the London elite’s social calendar. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago British Museum in £3.5m appeal to save Tudor Heart pendant linked to Henry VIII

The 24 carat gold artefact was discovered in a Warwickshire field by a metal detectorist in 2019.

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6 d. ago Restitution row: how Nigeria’s new home for the Benin bronzes ended up with clay replicas

The public display of artefacts looted by British colonial forces at the new Museum of West African Art was supposed to be the crowning glory of a decades-long restitution effort. What went wrong?In a corner of the new Museum of West African Art, visitors can marvel at a sample display of the cultural treasures that adorned the royal palace that once stood in its place: a proud cockerel, a plaque with three mighty warriors, a bust of a king with a glorious beaded collar.The artefacts, collectively known as the Benin bronzes, were looted by British colonial forces who went on to burn down the palace in a punitive expedition in 1897. In the decades that followed they were scattered across collections in Europe and America. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Plans for British Museum changes among latest planning applications

Plans for British Museum changes among latest planning applications  Ham & High

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1 week ago Nordic Noir review – one severed horse’s head is just not nearly enough noir

British Museum, London While some prints are suitably nasty, these mostly so-so drawings feel more like something you’d see in Ikea. Who thought they were worthy of purchase for the nation?Nordic noir. Wasn’t that a genre that had people abuzz back in the 00s? Its revival by the British Museum’s prints and drawings department as a title for an exhibition of modern and contemporary Scandinavian graphic art seems desperate. Forget our oldies like Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Dürer, Leonardo da Vinci – we’re all about new stuff by hot young Scandi artists! Maybe it’s understandable; after all the National Gallery is also moving in on modern art. But Nordic Noir shows just how far overeager neophilia can go wrong. A museum that specialises in history has gone fishing in contemporary waters and, like a lonely angler on an Arctic lake, has come up with absolutely nothing.The big surprise is that most of the works here are not on loan. The British Museum owns them. It has “acquired” 400 exampl...

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2 w. ago British Museum to highlight Hawaiian culture in new exhibition

British Museum to highlight Hawaiian culture in new exhibition  BBC

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2 w. ago Everything we know about London's answer to the Met Gala, including the theme and celebrities who'll be attending

The British Museum is launching its own version of the Met Gala in London. Here's everything we know about the inaugural Pink Ball

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2 w. ago Man touched by commuters' heartwarming gesture after wife falls outside landmark

A tourist has taken to social media to thank the "complete strangers" who helped him and his wife after she fell outside the British Museum in London, saying they have "never felt so much at home"

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2 w. ago The British Museum’s answer to the Met Gala is just what London needs

The British Museum’s answer to the Met Gala is just what London needs  The Independent

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2 w. ago Is the British Museum’s answer to the Met Gala just what London needs?

Is the British Museum’s answer to the Met Gala just what London needs?  The Independent

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2 w. ago Boots Netflix release date, cast, trailer and episodes for inspirational new series

Netflix is set to release a new series called Boots, which is based on the memoir The Pink Marine by Greg Cope White - here's everything you need to know about the show

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2 w. ago The British Museum will host a glitzy ball to rival the Met Gala this October

The British Museum will host a glitzy ball to rival the Met Gala this October  Time Out Worldwide

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2 w. ago British Museum to mark 200 years since Hawaiian Royals visited London

British Museum to mark 200 years since Hawaiian Royals visited London  ianVisits

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3 w. ago British Museum to hold inaugural fundraising ball with ‘Met Gala ambition’

The invite-only event will look to ‘celebrate London’s status as one of the world’s leading cultural capitals’.

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