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Special exhibitions

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  • Tantra
    enlightenment to revolution

    • Exhibition
    • 24 Sep 2020 - 24 Jan 2021
    Online
    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
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    Blue and gold casket with six figures on one side.

Highlight events

  • Painting of a woman with arms raised, brandishing a knife and a necklace of human heads.
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    Lectures & discussions

    Exploring the art of Tantra today

    In this discussion led by the Royal College of Art's Rebecca Heald, hear contemporary artists explore the influence of Tantra in their work.
    • 21 Jan 2021
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  • Snowy landscape of bare trees.
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    Lectures & discussions

    What is effective climate justice?

    As our climate changes at pace, join us for a discussion about climate injustice and the global collaboration required to address it.
    • 28 Jan 2021
    Find out more about What is effective climate justice?
  • Soumik Datta performing live.
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    A space to be: a musical celebration of Edmund de Waal's 'library of exile'

    Musician and composer Soumik Datta hosts an evening of performances devised in response to Edmund de Waal's 'library of exile'.
    • 29 Jan 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
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    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
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    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
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    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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