7 h. ago London’s New Gala: British Museum Hosts An Inaugural Fundraising Ball

London’s New Gala: British Museum Hosts An Inaugural Fundraising Ball  Forbes

Politics

37 h. ago Every Star at the British Museum Pink Ball: London's Met Gala

Every Star at the British Museum Pink Ball: London's Met Gala  E! Online

Politics

38 h. ago Beatrice and Eugenie pulled out of British Museum's 'Pink Ball' after Andrew relinquished royal titles

The disgraced royal’s daughters were reportedly on the guest list for the high society event on Saturday

Politics

41 h. ago Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie pull out of high society ball dubbed London's 'Met Gala' after Prince Andrew loses royal titles

The royal sisters are understood to have been on the guest list for the British Museum's inaugural Pink Ball, which aims to rival the Met Gala, on Saturday night.

Politics

42 h. ago Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie pull out of high society ball dubbed London's 'Met Gala' after Prince Andrew lose royal titles

The royal sisters are understood to have been on the guest list for British Museum's inaugural Pink Ball, which aims to rival the Met Gala, on Saturday night.

Politics

55 h. ago Maya Jama jokes she is 'never beating the boob job allegations' as she shares sizzling photos in a floral gown from the British Museum Pink Ball

Maya Jama has joked that she is 'never beating the boob job allegations' as she shared a gallery of snaps to Instagram on Sunday from the British Museum Pink Ball.

Culture

59 h. ago New York Has the Met Gala—Now, London Has the British Museum Ball

New York Has the Met Gala—Now, London Has the British Museum Ball  AOL.com

Politics

63 h. ago Surprise protests and pink champagne: inside the British Museum Ball

It was an eventful night at the museum for the international glitterati

Events

69 h. ago In pictures: Stars dazzle at the British Museum's inaugural Pink Ball

In pictures: Stars dazzle at the British Museum's inaugural Pink Ball  London Evening Standard

Politics

3 d. 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.

Politics

3 d. 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

Politics

3 d. 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.

Politics

3 d. ago Pretty in pink: Celebrities dazzle at inaugural British Museum ball

Stars have begun arriving at the British Museum

Politics

3 d. 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

Politics

3 d. 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

Politics

3 d. 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...

Politics

7 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.

Economics

1 week 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...

Politics

1 week ago Plans for British Museum changes among latest planning applications

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

Politics

2 w. 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...

Politics