On Tuesday Greece’s prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was in London and while the the return of the Elgin marbles, also known as the Parthenon sculptures, was not officially on the agenda in ...
The Parthenon Marbles, also called the Elgin Marbles, have been a source of contention between Britain and Greece for over two centuries. Greek authorities maintain that the sculptures were ...
Standing alone in the corner of the British Museum in London is the caryatid – a statue of a female figure separated from five sisters for over 200 years. She is a long way from home, having been ...
While Downing Street has insisted its position on the Elgin marbles ‘has not changed’, representatives from Britain and Greece are reportedly moving closer to finding a solution. Talks between ...
Mr Mitsotakis had compared splitting the Elgin Marbles from those still in Athens to cutting the Mona Lisa in half. Greece has long maintained that the Elgin Marbles were illegally removed ...
Greece has claimed progress has been made in negotiations to return the Elgin Marbles to Athens ahead of a crunch meeting its Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Sir Keir Starmer at Downing ...
KOYO KOUOH LANDS VENICE BIENNALE TOP JOB. Koyo Kouoh, the 57-year-old Cameroonian Swiss museum director, has been appointed ...
The story of the Elgin Marbles' removal begins in the early 19th century with Thomas Bruce, the seventh Earl of Elgin, ...