In a world where 224 million people live outside their country of origin, why do we care whether cultural objects live outside of theirs too, asks Robert Seddon.
Yet another bid is underway to have the Elgin, or Parthenon, Marbles sent back to where they came from. People who think the Parthenon sculptures rightly belong in Athens rather than the British Museum are not, of course, trying to purify the nation of foreign art: in their understanding they are righting old wrongs, campaigning to return the spoils of empire to their proper place.
Yet there is a puzzle here. This emphasis on “repatriation”... Keep reading on The Conversation
Yet another bid is underway to have the Elgin, or Parthenon, Marbles sent back to where they came from. People who think the Parthenon sculptures rightly belong in Athens rather than the British Museum are not, of course, trying to purify the nation of foreign art: in their understanding they are righting old wrongs, campaigning to return the spoils of empire to their proper place.
Yet there is a puzzle here. This emphasis on “repatriation”... Keep reading on The Conversation