🤕 Can the British Museum patch its reputation?

THIS WEEK: The BM hit back, 'the master of the chair' & much more. Keep on scrollin...

The BM responds.

The scandalous theft of 2,000 items from the British Museum has plunged its reputation to new lows.

Some items from the treasured collection even appearing on eBay. "One Roman object, it is said, valued at up to £50,000 was offered for just £40."

The BM have announced their response. A digitization project that will take 5 years, cost $12M and aim to catalogue the whopping 2.4M records and objects they care for.
"The better a collection is known—and the more it is used—the sooner any absences are noticed,” says interim director Mark Jones.
“So that’s why, rather than locking the collection away, we want to make it the most enjoyed, used, and seen in the world.”

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EMILE GILIOLI

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£2,000 - 3,000

Can't afford a Brancusi? Look no further. This is a piece of modernist sculpture that looks the real deal but won't cost you the earth. A beautiful piece of polished marble by an artist who is in many museum collections around the world.

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HAROLD KNIGHT

Portrait of Lamorna Birch at his easel

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Small, sketchy and an absolute peach. This deft portrait is of fellow artist Lamorna Birch. An artist born Lionel but changed to the more exotic moniker Lamorna, the location of his adopted home in Cornwall.

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HANS WEGNER

Model JH516, teak and cane

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"The master of the chair". Wegner is an icon of mid-century-modern furniture. Many of his designs have been in continuous production since the 50's. This, however, is a much rarer model which can fetch high sums. Temptingly low estimate!

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