The Cranky Professor (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
If not, I'm not impressed, and I doubt Athena would be, either. Hecatombs, people! New Acropolis Museum Prompts Greek Pagan Service at Parthenon The funniest part, though it might have suffered in translation, is this: "Moving these sculptures to a...
ARLT Weblog (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
I wonder how pagan they are. Do they hold regular sacrifices, for instance. Still, they managed a newsworthy protest. from the Guardian Thrusting their arms skywards and chanting Orphic hymns, Greek pagans yesterday made a comeback at the Acropolis as they added their voices to protests against the imminent inauguration of the New Acropolis Museum. Ignoring a sudden rainstorm and [...]
Turkish Digest (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
"Legality of Earl of Elgin’s acquisition challenged by scholar The new Acropolis Museum may prove to be the most lavishly appointed white elephant in history. Nothing will change the view of the British Government that the intended centrepiece, the magnificently sculpted Elgin Marbles, must remain permanently in the British Museum. " More: Legality of Earl of Elgin’s acquisition challenged by scholar...
Elginism (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
In this interview, Bernard Tschumi makes it very clear that he believes that the Elgin Marbles will return to Athens, stating that the return will make sense to everyone once they see the facilities created within the New Acropolis Museum. From: Wallpaper Bernard Tschumi Q&A exclusive Architecture 8 August 2008 After nearly 30 years of planning, and eight years since the [...]
Elginism (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
An exhibition about the New Acropolis Museum has been running in Beijing since February. During July though, in the run up to the Olympics, many more exhibits were added & a catalogue was produced to explain about both the museum & some of its contents that were on display. This catalogue (in English, Greek & Mandarin) can [...]
Elginism (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
When the New Acropolis Museum was being designed, the artefacts within it were considered as the factor that would define its eventual form. In this respect, the building is an anti-Bilbao - the form of the building is generated from the function, rater than a form being defined with the function them examined to see [...]
Elginism (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
The British Museum is running out of time in which to return the Elgin Marbles before the New Acropolis Museum highlights the missing pieces for the whole world to see. From: Bloomberg News Acropolis Museum Awaits Missing Body Parts, Held in London By A. Craig Copetas July 28 (Bloomberg) At Athens’s New Acropolis Museum, the most popular exhibit is in London. That [...]
Elginism (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
The New Acropolis Museum in Athens is due to open imminently. Unfortunately though, there is still no sign of its star exhibits being there for the opening. From: Guardian Acropolis now Athens’s new museum is spectacular, even without its star exhibits. Kevin Rushby gets a sneak preview Kevin Rushby, The Guardian, Saturday July 26 2008 Walking through bright sunshine and crowds [...]
Elginism (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Dimitrios Pantermalis is the president of the Organisation for the Construction of the New Acropolis Museum. He talks here about various aspects of the New Acropolis Museum. Make sure to also watch the videos of his interview available in two parts here & here. From: Global Atlanta New Acropolis Museum to Open in Fall After Monumental Move Phil Bolton - [...]
Elginism (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
After much speculation & various conflicting reports, it now appears in the New Acropolis Museum, the copies of the British Museum’s Parthenon Sculptures will be displayed with a whiter colour than the authentic sculptures that they sit amongst. There is a certain irony in this of course, harking back to the cleaning controversy of the [...]
Elginism (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
Following on from the news that Marbles Reunited has opened their campaign office, a press release gives more details on Thomas Dowson who has been appointed as Campaign Director. From: Newswire Today PRESS RELEASE: 9 July 2008 Contact: Thomas Dowson +44 (0)20 7930 1813 Embargo: none MARBLES REUNITED APPOINTS CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR The campaign for the return of the Elgin marbles to Greece has [...]
Elginism (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
The British Museum is currently riding high on a wave of optimism created by rising visitor figures, James Cuno’s book & the news that MacGregor will stay for a further four years. The opening of the New Acropolis Museum later this year though & the unrelenting moral arguments for the return artefacts will still remain [...]
Elginism (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
Predictably (for any who follow Greek politics) the KKE (Greece’s Communist Party) has criticised plans that the New Acropolis Museum should be run any differently to every other museum in Greece - that is to say, they would prefer that there was never any progress, beyond the current self-serving culture of regular strike action that [...]
Elginism (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
Following comments on the New Acropolis Museum, various people have suggested that Mary Beard may have changed her mind on the Parthenon Marbles and is stepping down off the fence on the issue. According to this piece in the Spectator (hardly an unbiased source on the Elgin Marbles issue) the answer is that nothing has changed. From: The [...]
France24 (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Greece will finally have its own museum dedicated to one of its most famous landmarks, the Acropolis. Though it is scheduled to open in September, the museum exceptionnally lifted its curtains for FRANCE 24 to have a peep.
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Outstanding story and best I've read on this stone-cold war.
No Thankyou - (not a member) - 29/07/2008