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Special exhibitions

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  • Past exhibition

    Tantra
    enlightenment to revolution

    • Exhibition
    • 24 Sep 2020 - 24 Jan 2021
    Painted clay figure of Kali
  • The Citi exhibition

    Arctic
    culture and climate 

    • Exhibition
    • 22 Oct 2020 - 21 Feb 2021
    Online
    Wind has pushing floating ice near the shorefast ice making fishing difficult.
  • Thomas Becket
    murder and the making of a saint

    • Exhibition
    • 22 Apr 2021 - 22 Aug 2021
    Coming soon
    Carved alabaster panel depicting Thomas Becket kneeling before an altar surrounded by knights, with two swords at his head.

Free exhibitions and displays

  • Reflections
    contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa

    • Exhibition
    • 11 Feb 2021 - 15 Aug 2021
    Coming soon
    Portrait, of a woman wearing sunglasses looking towards the viewer. Extended arms are behind her. She is wearing a black top with yellow spots.

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  • Portrait, of a woman wearing sunglasses looking towards the viewer. Extended arms are behind her. She is wearing a black top with yellow spots.
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    Lectures & discussions

    Reflections: curator's introduction

    Exhibition curator Venetia Porter presents this new exhibition of works by artists from Iran to Morocco drawn from the Museum collection.
    • 25 Feb 2021
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  • Poster showing a fingerprint in white on a red background, and a silhouette of a figure is carrying away some of the lines that make up the fingerprint.
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    Lectures & discussions

    At home in the world: Syrian contemporary art

    Join artists and authors for an exploration of Syrian works in 'Reflections: contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa'.
    • 4 Mar 2021
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UK touring exhibitions

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  • Pushing paper: contemporary drawing from 1970 to now

    • Exhibition
    • 29 Feb 2020 - 5 Jun 2021
    On UK tour
    Minjung Kim (b. 1962), Mountain, 2009, ink on hanji paper. © The Trustees of the British Museum. Reproduced by permission of the artist
  • Living with art
    Picasso to Celmins

    • Exhibition
    • 14 Jan 2020 - 9 Feb 2022
    On UK tour
    Naked figure standing face to face with a snake.
  • A British Museum Spotlight Loan:

    A Ming Emperor’s seat

    • Exhibition
    • 7 Feb 2020 - 20 Jun 2021
    Postponed
    Side view, large hollow blue and white porcelain garden seat, Jingdezhen, 1573–1620 © The Trustees of the British Museum lent by kind permission of the Trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation

International touring exhibitions

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  • Egyptian mummies: exploring ancient lives

    On world tour
    Wooden anthropoid inner-coffin of Nestawedjat:
  • Rome: city and empire

    On world tour
    Bust of Hadrian found at Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, Italy, about AD 125-130
  • Ancient Greeks: athletes, warriors and heroes

    On world tour
    Hydria by The Alkmene Painter, Attica, 520-510 BC

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