Länkar: On Elgin Marbles >> British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles >> Marbles Reunited >> Internationella Parthenonkommittén >> Unesco >> Innehållsrik website om problematiken kring Parthenon- frisen >> The Elginism Blog >> Acropolis of Athens >> The Acropolis Museum >>
	Senaste nytt om Parthenonfrisen och nya Akropolismuseet Följ också debatten i utländsk press om museernas roll i framtiden Längst ned på denna sida hittar Du länkar till föregående års nyhetsrapporteringar: 2004-2008. GREAT BRITAIN | Stephen Fry homepage December 19th | 2011 | A Modest Proposal - It’s time we lost our marbles. By Stephen Fry Greece is the Word I have a modest proposal that might simultaneously celebrate the life of Christopher Hitchens, strengthen Britain’s low stock in Europe and allow us to help a dear friend in terrible trouble. Read the article >> GREAT BRITAIN | sourcewire.com December 16th | 2011 | Tribute to the late Christopher Hitchens from the BCRPM The British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (BCRPM) today paid tribute to the late Christopher Hitchens who died earlier this week, for his keen support for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Read the article >> SVERIGE | Dagens Nyheter Oktober 03 | 2011 | Ett uppbrott från historien är nödvändig Grekland behöver en nystart där man lämnar det förgångna bakom sig. Dess moderna historia är fylld med skuldkriser och statsbankrutter, från tidigt 1800-tal och framåt. Men redan hos de gamla grekerna stod betalningsmoralen inte alltid så högt i kurs. Av Johan Schück, samhällsekonomisk krönikör på DN. Läs artikeln >> SVERIGE | Dagens Nyheter Oktober 03 | 2011 | Vem minns inte det första besöket i Aten, andakten inför åsynen av allt det man tragglat med i böckerna. Så nära en pilgrimsfärd det går att komma, för en icke-troende. Av Nathan Shachar, medarbetare och krönikör på DN. Läs krönikan >> UK | Marbles Reunited October | 2011 | THE UNIVERSAL MUSEUM Marbles Reunited campaign for the reunification for the Parthenon Marbles in PDF format. Read the Newsletter >> UK | artknows May 10 | 2011 | Blog by Tom Flynn Parthenon Marbles inspire kitsch cladding on Olympic dormitories following "clandestine" nocturnal meeting at British Museum Read the article >> UK | THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW March 30 | 2011 | Athletes Village Block N15 by Niall Mclaughlin Architects, Stratford, London By Rob Gregory Niall McLaughlin replicates the Elgin Marbles as a facade for London's Olympic Village housing. Read the article >> EGYPT | March 23| 2011 | RESTITUTION AND RECENT UPHEAVELS IN EGYPT Comments by Dr. Kwame Opoku. Read the article >> Interwju with Dr. Zahi Hawass about his resignation as Secretary General of The Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt. Read the article >> USA | The Hellenic News of America Mars | 2011 | AUTHOR URGES BRITAIN: RETURN ELGIN MARBLES TO HONOR GREEKS WHO DIED IN WWII Writer N.J. Slabbert, creator of the Sword Of Zeus Project on the role of Greece in WWII, has urged Britain to return the Elgin Marbles to Athens without further delay to honor Greeks who fell in the war. Read the article >> www | Google Mars | 2011| Google Alert - parthenon marbles news Athens - Greek archaeologists on Friday said they had discovered five long-lost friezes from the 2,500-year-old Parthenon in the walls of the ancient Acropolis. The friezes, which had been taken away to be used as building materials for the ancient Acropolis which at one point served as a fortress, were located along its southern walls by a weather balloon camera, officials at the Culture Ministry said. The fragments were detected by air during a vertical scan of the walls of the Acropolis by the Culture Ministry, where a total of 2,250 photographs were taken. The Parthenon has suffered extensive damage over the centuries and archaeologists believed many of the friezes adorning the southern part of the temple were destroyed after it was bombed during a 17th century Venetian siege of Ottoman-held Athens or taken. Most of the interior walls of the temple, apart from the west end, were destroyed during the bombing, bringing many of the friezes and metopes down with them. In the early 19th century, British diplomat Lord Elgin tore down a large number of the remaining friezes from the Parthenon and shipped them to Britain. The artifacts were sold to the British Museum, which has since refused to relinquish the sculptures, insisting the transaction was legal. The sculptures include depictions of religious and mythological scenes. Greece remains steadfast in its demand for the permanent return of the Parthenon Marbles to the new museum in Athens but the British government and museum has refused, arguing that the marbles are more accessible to visitors in London. At a cost of 120 million euros (160 million dollars), the new museum is the Greek government's key argument for the return of the Parthenon, or Elgin, marbles from Britain. www | GOOGLE Feb 1 | 2011 | Greece's Acropolis: no crisis for restoration By Isabel Malsang (AFP) ATHENS — Like the victory goddess it honours, Athens' ancient Temple of Athena Nike stands free of scaffolding for the first time in nine years in a testament to another triumph -- the prolific restoration of the Acropolis. Read the article >> USA | ACRPS January 18 | 2011| Den Amerikanska Parthenonkommitténs Nyhetsbrev. Läs Nyhetsbrevet >> www | YouTube January 16 | 2011 | Battle of ideas | Speakers: Dr Tiffany Jenkins; Dr Paul Thompson; Karl-Erik Norrman; Geoffrey White Chair: Pauline Hadaway The ownership of the Parthenon Marbles has been disputed since their removal from Athens in the early 19th century, by Lord Elgin. Some argue the sculptures belong in Greece, where they were carved almost two and a half thousand years go. Advocates of repatriation insist that the marbles are part of the heritage of Greece, and should never have been taken in the first place. Others feel that the marbles are now part of the history of the British Museum, and point out that in their current Bloomsbury home they can be seen in relation to other cultures, as part of world history. But with the opening of the new Acropolis Museum in Athens, a state-of-the-art centre, claims for their return are growing stronger. Follow the debate >> ENGLAND | BBC January 5 | 2011 | Parthenon Marbles: Taking up the fight By Trevor Timpson BBC News Greek calls for the UK to return the Parthenon Marbles, nearly 200 years after they were removed from the Acropolis and shipped to London, have a new advocate leading the battle in the UK. Former MP Eddie O'Hara, the new chairman of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (BCRPM), has told the BBC News website he is optimistic the campaign for the British Museum to return the sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, will succeed. Läs artikeln >> GREECE | SAE December 13 | 2010 | «World Cultural Heritage, the Parthenon and its Marbles are not tradable» The institutional framework for cultural heritage, in terms of international ethics, protection, legal practice, diplomatic approach, international collaboration efforts and other relevant issues, the main focus being on the issue of the Parthenon Marbles, were discussed during the international conference organized on Friday at the New Acropolis Museum by the Foundation for International Legal Studies – I. Krispis, the Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Acropolis Museum and the World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE). Läs artikeln >> EGYPT | asharq alawsat December 10 | 2010 | Egypt's Stolen Artifacts Must Be Returned! By Dr. Zahi Hawass When the campaign to restore Egypt’s stolen antiquities first began, the world – particularly the archeological community – was surprised by the force of our call and insistence that our stolen artifacts and heritage be returned to us. The initial rallying call for our antiquities to be returned to their homeland was made from the heart of the British Museum, after I was invited to give a lecture there. Läs artikeln >> USA | Bloomberg News December 06 | 2010 | Greece Offers to Forgo Claim to Ownership of Elgin Marbles, Times Reports Greece offered to end the long-running dispute with Britain over the Elgin Marbles by saying it would forgo its claim in return for a long-term loan of the artefacts, once a frieze on the Parthenon, the London-based Times reported, citing Greek Culture Minister Pavlos Yeroulanos. Läs artikeln >> SVERIGE | SVT - Dokument utifrån November 21 | 2010 | Dokumentärfilm om museernas roll i den illegala handeln med antika artefakter Se filmen på SVT Play >> (till 21 dec.) www | Youtube Lord Elgin grew up surrounded by what his ancestors had collected abroad. Watch on Youtube >> Lord Elgin describes Broomhall, the family estate in Scotland where he and his ancestors grew up, the place where James Bruce learned about agriculture and commerce and where he returned after serving as Governor General in Canada 1848-54. Watch on Youtube >> ENGLAND | The Periscope Post November 12 | 2010 | Are art museums guilty of stealing? Should museums return national treasures to their places of origin? The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York announced this week that it is sending 19 items, including a bracelet and a small bronze statue of a dog, excavated from the tomb of of the boy king Tutankhamun, back to Egypt. Art repatriation, it seems, is beginning to pick up steam. Läs artikeln >> USA | The Wall Street Journal WORLD November 11 | 2010 | Egypt Hunts Ancient Artifacts New York's Metropolitan Museum Says It Will Give Back 19 Items as Archaeologist Lobbies for Returns By ASHRAF KHALIL CAIRO—Zahi Hawass, Egypt's larger-than-life antiquities chief, is hunting for treasures from some of the richest known troves—the world's prominent museums. Läs artikeln >> USA | Bloomberg November 10 | 2010 | Met Museum to Return Tutankhamen's Bronze Dog, Sphinx, Egypt Council Says By Digby Lidstone The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has agreed to repatriate a collection of ancient Egyptian objects including a lapis-lazuli sphinx that once adorned a bracelet worn by King Tutankhamen, Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities said. Läs artikeln >> GREECE | Athens News Agency November 8 | 2010 | New Acropolis Museum wins prestigious award The New Acropolis Museum in Athens has won the British Guild of Travel Writers' (BGTW) prestigious global award for the Best Worldwide Tourism Project for 2010. The prize was presented to deputy culture and tourism minister Yiorgos Nikitiadis, representing the Greek government, during a ceremony on Sunday night in London. Nikitiadis thanked the organisers and the voting travel writers, noting that this distinction has opened the door for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to their homeland. (ANA) Läs artikeln >> SVERIGE | Världens Historia November | 2010 | Athens storhet höggs ut i marmor By Niels-Peter Granzow Busch År 447 f.Kr. bestämmer sig athenarna för att bygga ett nytt tempel åt sin skyddsgudinna Athena. Mer än 20.000 ton marmor fraktas till klippan Akropolis där hundratals stenhuggare med makalös precision formar de flera ton tunga blocken till historiens mest perfekta tempel. Läs artikeln >> United Kingdom | London Oktober | 2010 | Losing our marbles? Who owns culture? DEBATE: Sunday 31 October, 12.30pm until 1.30pm, Courtyard Gallery Battle for the Past The ownership of the Parthenon Marbles has been disputed since their removal from Athens in the early 19th century, by Lord Elgin. Some argue the sculptures belong in Greece, where they were carved almost two and a half thousand years go. [...] Read the discussion intro >> SVERIGE | Stockholm Oktober | 2010 | ÅRSMÖTE Svenska Parthenonkommittén kallar till Årsmöte lördagen den 30 oktober 2010. Plats: Medelhavsmuseet, Hörsalen. Tid: 13.00-13.30. Efterföljande temaeftermiddag: 13.30-16.00. Program för temaeftermiddagen >> Dagordning för årsmötet >> SVERIGE | Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm Oktober | 2010 | VITA LÖGNER Antikens färger med nya ögon Medelhavsmuseet, 9 oktober 2010 - 30 januari 2011 Guidade visningar 10 okt-27 jan: tisdagar & torsdagar kl 18.30, söndagar kl 13 och kl 15. Läs mer på museets hemsida >> United Kingdom | London London, October 25 | 2010 | PRESS RELEASE The slogan "Bring them Back" echoed all over the British Museum! The afternoon of Saturday October 23rd outside the British Museum, was strikingly different to any other. The flashes of the visitors were immortalising not any of the Museums’ stolen exhibits, but rather, the demonstrators standing in the front yard of the Museum, who wearing black t-shirts, holding banners and placards, were conveying the demand of the Hellenes anywhere in the world: "Bring Them Back". [...] Read the article >> Read the article in Greek >> Watch movie from London on YOUTUBE >> USA | New York September 25| 2010 | Greek Antiquities Return to Greece from New York By Eleni Bozos Repatriated from New York, were twenty two (22) silver coins from the area of Abdera and two marble fragments. The antiquities, as a donation to the country of Greece, were delivered to the Consulate General of New York, where they were received by a representative of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and were brought by him to Greece. The ancient coins were donated by Dr. Jonathan Kagan and the two marble fragments by the family of Teo Nikolaki and Nikolaos Garbidakis. Läs artikeln >> AUSTRALIA | Greek Reporter September 18 | 2010 | Greek Australian Writes Storybook: "Building the New Acropolis Museum" By Apostolos Papapostolou The book "Building the New Acropolis Museum" is by Niki Dollis and illustrated and designed by Elena Zournatzi. The children’s book tells the story of the realization of a dream. As Niki Dollis mentions in her introduction, it is "a book about hope, expectation… but also hard work for the construction and preparation of the New Acropolis Museum". The storybook is published by Livanis Publishing Organization. Dollis is the Director of Mr. Pantermalis’ office, who is the head of the New Acropolis Museum. Through the 60 pages of her book Dollis familiarizes young and all readers, with the notion of a museum. It is a very interesting subject to begin with especially when it serves as an open window to the world of ancient Greece, such as the New Acropolis Museum. The images are digitally processed. The texts, graphics and illustrations are dominated by bright colors. The book tells the story of the monument established 2.500 years ago up until the final stage of the construction of the New Museum. It invites the reader to an exciting experience of taking "a walk… in history!" as Niki Dollis writes. Läs artikeln >> USA | Kansas City September 16 | 2010 | Arguing against Elginism By Anthony Badami, Opinions Columnist The view of Athens from atop the Acropolis, more accurately known as the Citadel of Athens, is heart-stirring and breathtaking. The matrix of bleached-white stone which comprises the city below provides an impressive foreground, while the surrounding cerulean sea is pleasant and welcoming in comparison, a description proven even more appropriate as the city's furthest points seem to submerge into the shimmering water. Eyeing the bay, it is as if you are watching a shower of minute diamonds drizzle into an undulating azure pool. All of these wondrous components taken together have the effect of rendering the scene cinema-like. It is truly a view worth seeking. Läs artikeln >> AUSTRALIEN | Achaeology News Network Blogspot September 16 | 2010 | New legal challenge before the English courts for return of the Parthenon marbles Under an initiative of AHEPA of NSW and the Greek Australian Committee for the return of the Parthenon Marbles, Greeks of the Diaspora are bound to set up an international fund to finance an action in the English High Court for the return of the Parthenon Marbles. The idea belongs to Victor Bizanis, President of AHEPA of NSW. Below you will find the full article written by Victor Bizanis, published in greekaustralian.com.au. Läs artikeln >> IRLAND | Irish Times 20 August| 2010 | Heaven can wait but Valhalla here to stay FINDING GERMANY: King Ludwig I’s temple thrusts one into the cold heart of Germany’s 19th-century hero cult, writes DEREK SCALLY THE TEMPLE perched on the hill over the river Danube is a dead ringer for the Parthenon in Greece – only gleaming white and fully intact. Read more >> AFRICA | Modern Ghana 15 August| 2010 | DOES HISTORY SUFFER WHEN CULTURAL ARTEFACTS ARE RETURNED? Columnist: Kwame Opoku, Dr. Feature Article This is a question that may surprise many and indeed many may consider it wiser to leave unanswered rather than hazard untenable answers. Michael Kaput has some views on this issue which he expresses in an article entitled, “Whose Heritage? Repatriating ancient treasures seems like a noble cause, but history might end up the loser.” The article has been reproduced in Elginism, a leading website devoted to the question of restitution, especially, the restitution of the Parthenon/Elgin Marbles. Read the article >> USA | ACRPM August| 2010 | Newsletter from The American Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures Read the Newsletter >> AUSTRALIA | The Daily Telegraph July 12| 2010 | Ministers lose their marbles Gemma Jones, Political Reporter THE state's infrastructure is creaking, public transport is overloaded and the hospital system is sick - but two Government ministers seem more interested in 2500-year-old marbles. Read more >> GREECE | Athens News Agency June 23| 2010 | New Acropolis Museum celebrates first anniversary More than two million people have visited the new Museum of the Acropolis during its first year of operation, according to figures presented by the museum to mark the first anniversary since it first opened to the public on June 20, 2009. Read more >> AUSTRALIA | Greek Reporter June 21| 2010 | New move for return of the Parthenon marbles with a legal challenge before the English courts By Apostolos Papapostolou Under an initiative of AHEPA of NSW and the Greek Australian Committee for the return of the Parthenon Marbles, Greeks of the Diaspora are bound to set up an international fund to finance an action in the English High Court for the return of the Parthenon Marbles. The idea belongs to Victor Bizanis (photo), President of AHEPA of NSW. Below you will find the full article written by Victor Bizanis, published in greekaustralian.com.au. Read more >> SHANGHAI | People´s Daily Online June 11| 2010 | Athens history exhibit opens in Shanghai The Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism will organize a cultural archeological exhibition in the Shanghai Library from June 10 to June 20 with the title "Athens: The Living History." Read more >> GREECE | CRETE GAZETTE May | 2010 | Ancient Greek statues restored with laser developed in Crete The innovative Greek know-how has played an important role in the fine conservation and restoration of the Ancient Greek statues and artefacts in Acropolis before they were exposed at the New Acropolis Museum. Read more >> UK | REUTERS May 27 | 2010 | Athens' Parthenon scaffold-free for first time in years ATHENS (Reuters Life!) - Visitors to Athens have a rare window of opportunity to see the showpiece Parthenon temple on the ancient Acropolis without scaffolding for the first time in nearly 30 years as a major restoration work nears completion. Read more >> www | thruthout May 27 | 2010 | Is the Parthenon Sculpture a Permanent Hostage at the British Museum? By Evaggelos Vallianatos On March 8, 2010, Dyfri Williams, Research Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum, delivered a lecture on "The Parthenon Sculptures" at the University of Southern California. Williams justified the holding by the British Museum of the plundered Parthenon treasures. I found the reasons why the British government refuses to return the Parthenon "marbles" to Greece unacceptable - and not a little insulting. Read more >> AFRICA | MODERN GHANA May 16 | 2010 | DEMOCRATIZATION THROUGH VANDALISM: NEW ANSWER TO DEMANDS FOR RESTITUTION OF CULTURAL ARTEFACTS? Columnist: Kwame Opoku, Dr. "You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. They are our pride. They are our sacrifices. They are the supreme symbol of nobility. They are a tribute to democratic philosophy. They are our aspiration and our name. They are the essence of Greekness". Melina Mercouri (1) (Parthenon Marbles, Greece, now in British Museum, London, United Kingdom). After a long period of studying the question of restitution of cultural artefacts, I thought I had heard all the arguments that could be advanced for or against restitution. However, I received a jolt of surprise when I saw an article by Michael Kimmelman entitled "Who Draws the Borders of Culture?" in which, among other contestable statements, he wrote concerning the dismemberment of the Parthenon and its scattering outside Greece, the following: "Over the centuries, meanwhile, bits and pieces of the Parthenon have ended up in six different countries, in the way that countless altars and other works of art have been split up and dispersed among private collectors and museums here and there. To the Greeks the Parthenon marbles may be a singular cause, but they're like plenty of other works that have been broken up and disseminated. The effect of this vandalism on the education and enlightenment of people in all the various places where the dismembered works have landed has been in many ways democratizing."(2) Read more >> USA | The New York Times May 4 | 2010 | Who Draws the Borders of Culture? By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN Swarms of visitors see the Elgin marbles daily in the British Museum. The Greeks want them moved to a new museum near the Parthenon, but would their impact be greater there? Read more >> UK | EXPRESS May | 2010 | GENERAL ELECTION 2010: EU ZEALOT NICK CLEGG'S BID TO RETURN ELGIN MARBLES DOUBTS over Nick Clegg’s commitment to British interests in the EU intensified last night after it emerged he once led a campaign to return the historic Elgin Marbles to his friends in Greece. Read more >> SVERIGE | Sveriges Radio P1 17 april | 2010 | Programmet Konflikt tar upp frågan om vårt kulturarv i "Den stulna historien" med bl.a. reportage från Athen och nya Akropolismuseet. Lyssna och läs mer >> UK | Telegraph 7 april | 2010 | British Museum under pressure to give up leading treasures By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent The British museum is to come under renewed pressure to give up leading treasures as 16 countries plan to sign a declaration that demands the return of artefacts sent overseas generations ago. The demand, issued in Cairo at the end of a two-day conference, is addressed to every country that holds ancient relics. Read more >> GREECE | BRING THEM BACK! April | 2010 | CAMPAIGN FOR THE RETURN OF THE PARTHENON SCULPTURES AND THE REUNIFICATION OF THE MONUMENT Watch movie and read more >> GREAT BRITAIN | The Liberal | 2010 | THE NEW ACROPOLIS By Constantine Sandis "Dull is the eye that will not weep to see Thy walls defaced, thy mouldering shrines removed By British hands, which it had best behoved, To guard those relics ne’er to be restored." Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto XV, 3-6. Last summer, the New Acropolis Museum in Athens opened its gates, not only to the public but also to a flood of arguments and emotions old and new. The root cause of this commotion lies in the fact that nearly half of the sculptures which originally graced the Parthenon have been residing in the British Museum, ever since they were purchased from the bankrupt Lord Elgin in 1816. Numerous smaller fragments, it is often forgotten, are kept by other museums across Europe. Read the article >> AUSTRIA | | 6 Februari, 2010 | A HISTORY OF THE WORLD WITH 100 LOOTED OBJECTS OF OTHERS: GLOBAL INTOXICATIONS? By KWAME OPOKU It is perhaps indicative of the cultural climate of our times that the British Museum and the BBC could announce a programme with a pretentious title such as "A History of the World in 100 Objects". Read the article >> GREECE | | January, 2010 | The Parthenon Frieze, a unique work of art, is presented in a new website (http://www.parthenonfrieze.gr) which utilizes new technologies to present and elevate cultural content online. This new application, which was carried out by The Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism (YSMA-Acropolis Restoration Service, Department of Information and Education) in collaboration with the National Documentation Centre (EKT), is valuable for specialists and the general public alike. To the website Parthenon Frieze >> GREAT BRITAIN |timesonline |15 January, 2010 | The "new" Parthenon, my new edition? By Mary Beard I wrote my little book on the Parthenon about a decade ago. It looked at the material of, and from, the temples in all its different locations -- from the Acropolis itself to the diaspora of the Parthenon in London, Paris, Rome and Wurzburg and other places. Things have changed a little since then. A small fragment of the Parthenon frieze (and I mean very small) has been sent "back" to Athens from Heidelberg (thanks, largely to a Greek then in the administration of the University of Heidelberg); another, slightly larger piece, has gone back from Palermo. Läs artikeln >> GREAT BRITAIN |Telegraph | 10 January, 2010 | Tate show reveals artist's pyramid theft By Roya Nikkhah, Arts Correspondent British artist Andy Holden is to reveal how he stole a piece of the Egypt pyramids in a new exhibition at the Tate Britain in London. Läs artikeln >> USA | | January, 2010 | THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE REUNIFICATION OF THE PARTHENON SCULPTURES publishes their first Newsletter in 2010. Read the Newsletter >> GREECE | | 22 December, 2009 | Restoration of Acropolis Propylaea completed All scaffolding and cranes were fully removed from the Propylaea of the Acropolis, the monumental entrance, or gateway, to the Acropolis, on the weekend following completion of the restoration work on the central building of the structure. The Propylaea was built under the direction of Athenian leader Pericles, but the building itself was designed by the architect Mnesicles, while construction began in 437 BCE and was terminated in 432 BCE, while the building was still unfinished. Läs artikeln >> IRLAND | The Irish Times | 21 December, 2009 | The gods are in the details By EILEEN BATTERSBY The New Acropolis Museum, which sits below the Parthenon, is a fitting tribute to the area’s Classical past and its myths about Greek gods, as its curator, Dimitrios Pandermalis, explains. IT HAS TO BE this way; the finest of modern design had to bow to the gods. And in Athens it could be no other way. High above the city is the hill of the Acropolis, the citadel upon which the remains of the Parthenon, the finest Doric temple in the world, stands. Whether viewed by day or night, it is a dramatic sight. The Acropolis separates daily life from what was and remains mythic symbolism. The centuries fall away and you are looking at not only the beginning of history, but of civilisation, of democracy, of literature. Various cults used to dwell in caves in the slopes of the Acropolis; cults devoted to Zeus, Apollo, Pan and the nymph Aglauros, daughter of Kekrops, once king of Athens. Läs artikeln >> GREECE | | 10 November, 2009 | New museum in Athens inspires exhibit at Wallach Gallery "The New Acropolis Museum" incorporates architectural models, casts of classical Greek pottery and sculpture, and rare books and prints in Wallach Gallery. By Kat Balkoski Läs artikeln >> GREECE | | November, 2009 | Two new Airbus aircraft, "Cleisthenes" and "Pheidias", take the New Acropolis Museum and Greece on a journey around the world. Läs artikeln >> GREECE |Athens News Agency | 02 November, 2009 | UN chief in Athens United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is due to arrive in Athens on Tuesday to take part in a conference focusing on Inter-faith dialogue. [...] Afterwards, Ban Ki Moon will be received by President Karolos Papoulias, who will host a lunch in the UN chief's honour. In the afternoon, the UN Sec-Gen and his wife will visit the New Acropolis Museum and in the evening will dine with the premier and his wife. Läs artikeln >> GREECE |Athens News Agency |27 October, 2009 | Culture ministry priorities Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos underlined Monday that his top priority would be to organise the newly merged ministry of culture and tourism and the solutions that need to be given to lingering problems, while clarifying that he is the only one responsible for the culture sector. On the strategy being followed for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, Geroulanos stressed that the efforts will continue. He also noted that the British Museum appeared to be concerned, since it had taken the trouble to distribute leaflets giving its positions called "why the Marbles must stay" (at the British Museum). Läs artikeln >> SVERIGE | Sveriges Radio | 29 oktober, 2009 | Sveriges Radio P1 OBS kulturkvarten Konstvetaren Hans Henrik Brummer om Parthenonfejden I Obs fortsätter debatten om vem som egentligen äger antiken, med utgångspunkt i den pågående Parthenonfejden mellan Grekland och Storbritannien. Lyssna på programinslaget >> Läs programislaget som text >> GREKLAND | | October, 2009 | Grekland har, efter nyval, fått en ny regering. Ny premiärminister är Georgos Papandreou. Den nye kulturministern heter Paulos Geroulanos. Mer om kulturministern (på grekiska) >> AFRICA | ModernGhana | 23 October, 2009 | CHINESE RESEARCH ARTEFACTS LOOTED IN ANGLO-FRENCH ATTACK ON SUMMER PALACE IN 1860: DO "GREAT MUSEUMS" NOT KEEP RECORDS? By Kwame Opoku, Dr. "Two robbers breaking into a museum, devastating, looting and burning, leaving laughing hand-in-hand with their bags full of treasures; one of the robbers is called France and the other Britain." Victor Hugo. China has announced its intention of sending groups of researchers to various museums in the West, especially France, Britain and United States, such as the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum to draw a list of the artefacts that were looted in 1860 during the Anglo-French invasion of Beijing, (then Peking). Victor Hugo had expressed the wish and the hope that one day France and Britain would return the looted objects taken from an Asian country, thousands of miles away from France and Britain, that had been attacked because of its resistance to European imperialism. Läs artikeln >> GREAT BRITAIN | The Guardian | 22 October, 2009 | A banana republic police HQ maybe, but not a home for the Elgin marbles By Simon Jenkins I am a restitutionist – but the new museum fails to clinch the case. It is not so much an argument as a punch in the face. Läs artikeln >> Prof. Anthony Snodgrass' svar på artikeln >> IRAN | PRESSTV | 22 October, 2009 | Iran's ultimatum on Cyrus cylinder worries UK The British Museum has informed Iran in a letter that a delegation will be sent to Tehran to discuss the loaning of the Achaemenid Cyrus cylinder to Iran. Läs artikeln >> GERMANY | Der Spiegel | 20 October, 2009 | Berlin's Nefertiti Trouble Egyptian Official Calls Museum Behavior 'Suspicious' She's been dead thousands of years but she's still causing trouble. The bust of Queen Nefertiti has taken pride of place in Berlin's New Museum, re-opened this weekend after 70 years. Now Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, says Berlin should give it back. Läs artikeln >> AFRICA | ModernGhana | 16 October, 2009 | HAWASS REQUESTS ROSETTA STONE: WILL BRITISH MUSEUM MAKE A BOLD CONCILIATORY GESTURE? By Kwame Opoku, Dr. In an article entitled Egypt asks British Museum for the Rosetta Stone after Louvre victory, the British Daily Telegraph reports that soon after the Louvre has agreed to return the stolen frescoes, Zahi Hawass, the dynamic Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities has asked the British Museum for a loan of the Rosetta Stone. The Telegraph also reports that: "Mr. Hawass acknowledged that seeking the return of the Rosetta Stone was a different proposition from the painted fragments in the Louvre." The paper adds that: "A spokesman said the British Museum "enjoys good relations" with Egypt and promised to consider Mr Hawass's request."(1) Läs artikeln >> CANADA | National Post | 3 October, 2009 | Ready For The Return By Ian McKellar The impressive new Acropolis Museum makes the case that Greece is all set for the Elgin Marbles Läs artikeln >> ENGLAND | PIDGEON DIGITAL | October, 2009 | Nu kan du lyssna på en föreläsning av Bernhard Tschumi, arkitekten bakom det nya Akropolismuseet. Obs! Endast under oktober månad 2009. Lyssna på föredraget >> AFRICA | Modern Ghana | 29 September, 2009 | IS ICOM BECOMING AN INSTRUMENT OF THE SO-CALLED UNIVERSAL MUSEUMS? COMMENTS ON STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF ICOM THAT PARTHENON/ELGIN MARBLES SHOULD STAY IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM By Kwame Opuko Read the article >> ENGLAND | THE BRITISH COMMITTEE FOR THE REUNIFICATION OF THE PARTHENON SCULPTURES | 19 September, 2009 | Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square THE BRITISH COMMITTEE FOR THE REUNIFICATION OF THE PARTHENON SCULPTURES SUPPORT SOFKA SMALES AS SHE MAKES HER STAND ON THE FOURTH PLINTH IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE! View video of Sofkas performance >> USA | WORLDFOCUS | 16 September, 2009 | Safeguarding the world’s ancient treasures By Lynn Sherr This week, Worldfocus aired a report by special correspondent Lynn Sherr and producer Megan Thompson exploring the new Acropolis museum in Athens and the controversy over the appropriate home for the many Parthenon sculptures currently housed in the British Museum in London. Read the article >> USA | WORLDFOCUS | 15 September, 2009 | Old and new at the Acropolis Museum in Greece By Lynn Sherr This summer, the new Acropolis Museum opened in Athens, Greece. It’s a state-of the-art, earthquake-resistant facility featuring sophisticated technology for climate control and surveillance. But one thing you won’t find here — many of the original Parthenon sculptures, now housed mostly in the British Museum. In this exclusive behind-the-scenes tour at the new museum, Director Dimitris Pantermalis shows Lynn Sherr the beauty of the original sculptures — and the modern plaster replicas that serve as stark reminders of what has been lost. View videointerview >> USA | WORLDFOCUS | 15 September, 2009 | Greeks lobby for return of Parthenon marbles to Athens By Lynn Sherr Greece has been engaged in a long dispute over some of the world’s most famous sculptures. The sculptures were taken from the Parthenon almost 200 years ago and brought to Britain, and the Greeks argue they should be returned to Athens. Worldfocus special correspondent Lynn Sherr and producer Megan Thompson report on Greece’s efforts to recover the precious statues. Also, view extended interviews and an interactive tour of the Parthenon Frieze in the Acropolis Museum. View video >> ENGLAND | Todmorden News | 11 September, 2009 | Sofka takes a stand: Time on London plinth will promote cause close to her heart The fourth plinth beckons for a student from Todmorden who will promote a cause close to her heart. When 19-year-old Sofka Smales, from Todmorden, heard she had won a place on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, she decided to seize the opportunity to say "Send the Elgin Marbles home". Read the article >> SVERIGE | Dagens Nyheter | 7 September, 2009 | Möte mellan två tidsepoker Av Leo Gullbring NEW YORK. Bernard Tschumi har fått beröm för det nya Akropolismuseet i Aten. Vad gör han härnäst? Ett blått torn på Manhattan, stadsplaner för Singapore och Abu Dhabi. Det är dags att tänka på arkitekturens sociala sammanhang, säger Tschumi till DN:s Leo Gullbring i New York. Sedan det nya Akropolismuseet invigdes i Aten i slutet av juni har debatten rasat kring friserna från huvudtemplet Parthenon, varav originalen från den finaste delen hänger på British Museum. Stolta över sitt nya museum menar grekerna att britterna nu inte längre kan hävda att Aten saknar en byggnad som kan härbärgera friserna som fördes till London i början av 1800-talet. Läs artikeln >> GREECE | | August , 2009 | ACROPOLIS MUSEUM Over 500,000 people visited new building in last two months More than half a million people have visited the Acropolis Museum since it opened to the public just over two months ago, the museum’s management said yesterday. More specifically, a total of 523,540 visitors have viewed the museum’s exhibits since June 20. Of these, 60 percent are foreign visitors, museum officials said. During the same two-month period, 409,000 hits by different users from 180 countries were recorded by the museum’s website, www.theacropolismuseum.gr. LONDON | Heritage Key | August 24, 2009 | Interview: New Acropolis Museum Architect Bernard Tschumi on Building a Home for Missing Marbles By Helen Atkinson New Acropolis Museum, Athens. Image Credit - Bernard Tschumi Architects The New Acropolis Museum is arguably the most high-profile building to go up this decade (since we in New York are still peering into a big hole in the ground that is supposed to produce a new World Trade Centre). Essentially a smack in the face of the British Museum's argument that Athens has no suitable venue in which to house the Elgin Marbles, it's also the most controversial. I spoke to Bernard Tschumi, the outspoken architect who designed this extraordinary building. Läs artikeln >> USA | Foreign Policy | August 21, 2009 | Is Greece Losing its Elgin Marbles? BY SUSAN EMERLING The battle between antiquities-loving and antiquities-producing countries continues. Läs artikeln >> Läs kommentar av Nico Nicolaides >> CHINA | China View | August 11, 2009 | New Acropolis Museum a tourist hot spot for Athens by Xinhua writer Liang Yeqian ATHENS, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Tourists are flocking to the newly opened Acropolis Museum in Athens this summer, despite the annual exodus of Athenians on vacation to Greece's islands and countryside. Dimitrios Pantermalis, director of the new Acropolis Museum, told Xinhua in a recent interview that the new museum attracted more than 250,000 visitors from all over the world in the first month since its opening on June 20. Läs artikeln >> USA | The New York Times | ArtBeat | August 5, 2009 | Acropolis Museum Won’t Edit Controversial Short Film By Melena Ryzik Animated characters are causing scuffles in the religious community – but this time, they’re not in "South Park." The newly-opened Acropolis Museum in Greece has reversed a decision to edit part of a short film by the Greek-born director Costa-Gavras after protests and the threat of a lawsuit, the Los Angeles Times reported. Läs artikeln >> UK | Marbles Reunited | July 2009 | Newsletter from The Marbles Reunited campaign for the reunification fo the Parthenon Marbles: Läs Nyhetsbrevet >> USA | New York Times | July 25, 2009 | Scene Cut From Athens Museum Film After Protests By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A scene from an animated film shown to visitors at the new Acropolis Museum that depicts Christian priests destroying parts of the Parthenon has been deleted following protests by the Greek Orthodox Church. The creator of the segment, Greek-born French filmmaker Constantin Costa-Gavras, has demanded that his name be taken off the film credits in protest. Läs artikeln >> USA | CultureGrrl | Blog | July 2009 | Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary MacGregor Whopper: Greek Government "Simply Continued Elgin’s Practice" It was one of those astonishing "did he really say that?" moments. The speaker was Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, near the end of his riff on why the Elgin Marbles should remain at the British Museum (which he directs). His comments were part of this conversation with Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate. John Wilson was the moderator. Läs artikeln >> UK | TIMESONLINE | July 18, 2009 | Neil MacGregor lifts British Museum’s ambition to new heights By Tristram Hunt This is why the Elgin Marbles are not going back. With characteristic panache, Neil MacGregor is once again making the case for the British Museum as a museum of all mankind. In 100 episodes based around 100 objects from the Bloomsbury collection, Mr MacGregor aims to cement the British Museum’s Enlightenment credentials. And he’s doing so with some ambitious inter-disciplinary thinking. With comments. Läs artikeln >> AUSTRALIA | GRReporter | July 14, 2009 | Black Parthenon magic A mourning installation appeared in Melbourne in the beginning of July, called “The Black Parthenon.” With the help of a black canvas in chiaroscuro lighting and quirked in a way, which resembles the original Athenian Acropolis, the Greek origin artist Konstantinos Dimopoulos expressed his support for the return of the Parthenon marbles back to Athens. Läs artikeln >> CANADA | thestar.com | July 11, 2009 | Modernity enhances antiquity Nearby Parthenon inspires reverent tribute to the wonders of Greece's Golden Age By Christopher Hume Architecture critic ATHENS – Architectural egotism notwithstanding, who wouldn't be intimidated by the thought of designing a companion to the Parthenon? Not Swiss-born, New York-based architect Bernard Tschumi. His New Acropolis Museum, which opened in Athens just weeks ago, sits at the foot of the celebrated site, just 300 metres from the seminal structure. Läs artikeln >> UK | The Guardian | July 8, 2009 | Museums' future lies on the internet, say Serota and MacGregor Museum chiefs paint multimedia future for institutions Two titans of the British museum world, Sir Nicholas Serota and Neil MacGregor, last night sketched out their visions for the museum of the future. Both said that the relationship between institutions and their audiences would be transformed by the internet. Museums, they said, would become more like multimedia organisations. "The future has to be, without question, the museum as a publisher and broadcaster," said MacGregor, director of the British Museum. Läs artikeln >> USA | TransWorldNews | July 7, 2009 | Alexey Steele receives a prestigious Artemis Award and announces the formation of Artists for Marbles Alexey Steele receives a prestigious Artemis Award in Athens during the opening week of the New Acropolis Museum and announces the formation of Artists for Marbles campaign: Artists for Return of Parthenon Marbles to Acropolis. Läs artikeln >> Artists for Marbles >> SVERIGE | Dagens Nyheter | 7 juli, 2009 | Alla är vi delar av historien Det nya Akropolismuseet i Aten har invigts. DN:s Ola Larsmo fann ett museum där besökaren sjunker ner i det förflutnas sediment. Och antiken går alltjämt i vitt, trots att den egentligen sprakade av färger. Läs artikeln >> CHINA | People's Daily Online | July 06, 2009 | Greece's positive image further enhanced and solidified following world media coverage of the new Acropolis Museum Greece's Culture Minister Antonis Samaras and the Secretary General of Communication of Greece's Interior Ministry Panos Livadas presented the positive impact of the mass media coverage all over the world on Greece's international image, in the context of the opening of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens on June 20, 2009. Speaking during a Press Conference in Athens on Monday June 29, the Greek Culture Minister A. Samaras told Media that the authorities' target to attract attention through the international media was successfully met. Mr. Livadas presented in detail facets of the media coverage of the widely anticipated event, noting that the opening of the new Acropolis Museum has undoubtedly added value to the country's positive image that had been already significantly upgraded after the safe and successful organization of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Läs artikeln >> UK | VANITY FAIR | July, 2009 | The Lovely Stones By Christopher Hitchens Among the first to visit Greece’s new Acropolis Museum, devoted to the Parthenon and other temples, the author reviews the origins of a gloriously “right” structure (part of a fifth-century-b.c. stimulus plan) and the continuing outrage that half its façade is still in London. Läs artikeln >> GREECE | Athens News Agency | 3 July, 2009 | Cyprus House call for Marbles The Cyprus House of Representatives has called for the return of Parthenon sculptures to Greece. In a resolution which the House plenary adopted unanimously on Thursday, Cypriot MPs called on the British government and every other competent authority of the United Kingdom to give a definite end to the adventure of the Marbles, by returning them to their natural space. Läs artikeln >> USA | The Wall Street Journal | World | 30 Jun, 2009 | At the Foot of the Acropolis By CHRISTINE PIROVOLAKIS What could present more of a challenge than designing a major new building to stand at the foot of the Acropolis, revered as one of the great architectural achievements of Western civilization? That new structure is the 130 million EURO ($182.9 million) Acropolis Museum, which, after more than 30 years in the making, finally opened to the public on June 20. Braving the blazing sun and heat, crowds by the thousands thronged its gates eager to be among the first to explore the museum's vast collection of sculptures and artifacts from ancient Greece. Läs artikeln >> UK | The Guardian | Jun 30, 2009 | The battle for the Parthenon marbles Following the success of the newly opened Acropolis Museum, Greek officials are more determined than ever to retrieve their missing heritage. Helena Smith reports from Athens. Läs artikeln >> USA | The New York Times |18 Jun, 2009 | Majestic in Exile By NIKOS KONSTANDARAS As a Greek, I have to visit the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum whenever I am in London. I understand the strong feelings of my compatriots who want to see these unsurpassed sculptures returned home, ending the wrong done by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, two centuries ago. I feel the sense of dislocation — the incongruity — of the brilliance of Classical Athens at its peak trapped in a dull northern light, carried off by a foreign aristocrat and sold at a time when Greece itself was enslaved and its people unable to prevent the looting of their treasures. Läs artikeln >> SVERIGE | Svenska Dagbladet | 16 juni, 2009 | Nytt museum i blåsväder DRAGKAMP. I helgen öppnar nya Akropolismuseet i Aten. Samtidigt har bråket mellan Grekland och Storbritannien tagit ny fart. Museet har blivit ett propagandainstrument i kampen om de grekiska marmorföremål som finns på British Museum. Läs artikeln >> STORBRITANNIEN | The Guardian | Jun 16, 2009 | 'Our goal is to have the best museum in the world' By Stephen Moss Ancient Athens lies at the root of western culture, yet the battles over the marbles that once adorned the Parthenon have been far from civilised. Could the city's new Acropolis Museum offer a fresh beginning? Stephen Moss gets an exclusive preview. Läs artikeln >> GREECE | Athens News Agency | Jun 16, 2009 | New Acropolis Museum inauguration live on museum's portal The New Acropolis Museum will be inaugurated on Saturday, June 20, by President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias in an official ceremony that will be attended by heads of state and government and noted international figures, and will be broadcast on television throughout the world. The inauguration ceremony will also be broadcast live on the internet, on the Museum's website at www.theacropolismuseum.gr, which opened its electronic gates to the public on Monday. Läs artikeln >> GREECE | Athens News Agency | Jun 15, 2009 | New Acropolis Museum website Just a few days before its official inauguration, the New Acropolis Museum will open its electronic "gates" to the public on Monday at the website www.theacropolismuseum.gr. The website introduces the Museum to online visitors, enabling them to tour the display areas, and to read up on its history and operation. Läs artikeln >> World Wide Web | Google | Jun 14, 2009 | British Museum to attend Greek launch despite marbles spat LONDON (AFP) — British Museum officials will attend the inauguration of Greece's New Acropolis Museum next week, it said Friday but insisted its stance on the long-disputed Parthenon Marbles remains unchanged. A spokeswoman for the museum also stressed that it had not made an offer nor received a request for those sculptures held in London to be loaned to Athens, following comments by a Greek minister this week. Läs artikeln >> STORBRITANNIEN | Marbles Reunited | Jun 12, 2009 | MEDIA RELEASE British Museum's offer to 'loan' the Parthenon Marbles to Athens "is a huge missed opportunity", says British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles The British Museum has a chance to prove itself as a visionary world museum this summer by returning the Parthenon Marbles to the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, thereby resolving one of the oldest and most controversial cultural heritage disputes. Instead, this week the British Museum made a conditional offer of a three-month loan which the Greek government have understandably rejected. This is a huge missed opportunity, says the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (www.parthenonuk.com). As world leaders, international museum directors, leading archaeologists and the global media prepare to attend the opening ceremony of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens on June 20, the British Museum is clearly unsettled by the now compelling case for reunification. The New Acropolis Museum, which affords unparalleled views of the Parthenon itself, has been specifically designed to accommodate the Parthenon sculptures. The top floor Parthenon Gallery, constructed on the same axis as the ancient temple, allows the metopes, frieze, and pediment sculptures to be displayed in such a way as to be positionally faithful to their original location on the ancient building. Aware of the increasingly adverse publicity surrounding its unjustifiable retention of the sculptures, the British Museum has tried to deflect attention by offering to loan the Marbles to Athens for just three months on the condition that the Greek government acknowledge Britain's legal ownership of the sculptures. Understandably, the Greek government have rejected the offer. In any event, even without onerous conditions attached, three months would never have been a sustainable duration for the loan of such important objects. The British Museum must now set aside petty questions of ownership and legality and seek a constructive solution that does not come with unacceptable conditions attached. Officers of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles available for comment are: Chairman: Professor Anthony Snodgrass, MA DPhil Oxford, Professor Emiritus of Classical Archaeology, University of Cambridge. Tel: 01223 313 599, ams1002@cam.ac.uk Deputy Chairman: Chris Price, Oxford graduate with over forty years experience in journalism, politics, education and the arts. Tel: 0207 738 7565, 07894 036329, chris_price@talktalk.net Hon Secretary: Eleni Cubitt, wife to British architect James Cubitt, who set up the BCRPM 1983. Eleni has been dedicated to the Committees work for the last 25 years. Tel: 0207 226 6686, eleni@parthenonuk.com Head of Communications: Tom Flynn, MA(RCA), DPhil. Art historian, writer and arts industry professional. Tel: 020 8769 8261, 07743 693 577, tomflynn@btinternet.com PR: Marlen Taffarello, BA International Relations. Tel:0208 905 6703, 07789533791, marlen@fcdcom.co.uk STORBRITANNIEN | The Guardian | Jun 14, 2009 | Greek fury at Elgin marbles 'loan deal' Queen turns down invitation to opening of major new museum in Athens built to house Acropolis treasures. Läs artikeln >> World Wide Web | google | Jun 10, 2009 | Greece rejects Parthenon Marbles loan offer ATHENS (AFP) — Greece on Thursday turned down a British Museum loan offer for the long-disputed Parthenon Marbles, arguing that acceptance would "legalise their snatching" by a 19th century British diplomat. Läs artikeln >> GREECE | Athens News Agency | Jun 8, 2009 | Event for Acropolis Museum WASHINGTON (ANA-MPA) -- An event entitled "The Secrets of Parthenon" was held here to celebrate the opening of the New Acropolis Museum this month. The event was co-organised by the organisation "American Friends of the New Acropolis Museum" as well as the National Museum of American History following an initiative of the Greek embassy in Washington. Läs artikeln >> USA | NEWSWEEK | Jun 6, 2009 | Romancing the Stones By Cathleen McGuigan From the magazine issue dated Jun 15, 2009 It's not polite to call the Elgin Marbles the Elgin Marbles anymore. Not even in the British Museum, where the ancient Greek sculptures and reliefs have resided since the early 19th century, after a British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire named Lord Elgin hacked them off the Parthenon. Even in that age of imperialism, many Brits saw Elgin's acts as cultural vandalism. Lord Byron slammed the marbles' removal in his bestselling epic poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. The call for their return has grown since Greece won its independence from Ottoman rule in 1829, led by the Greek government in particular since the 1980s. In the noisy debate over the restitution of ancient artworks to their original locale, no case is more controversial or inflamed than the question of the Parthenon marbles: should the British finally send them back? Läs artikeln >> GREECE | GRReporter | 05 June, 2009 | All is set for the opening of the New Acropolis museum By Maria Spassova A frenzy of preparations are taking place in Athens where in two weeks the new Acropolis museum is going to have its inauguration. There haven’t been so many VIPs visiting and so much media attention centered on the Greek capital since the Olympic games in 2004. The official opening ceremony will take place on June 20, Saturday, at 8:00 PM. 200 persons of highest standing, including representatives of the world political, cultural and academic elite, will be the guests of honor at the ceremony, directed by Atina Tsangari, a name we know from the Summer Olympics in 2004. The event will include cutting the ribbon, a tour around the museum and a cocktail, after which the officials will participate in a sea-row around the Saronic Gulf on a luxury private jet. [...] Two kings will be arriving in Athens for the official opening - Juan Carlos of Spain and Carl Gustaf of Sweden. Läs artikeln >> USA | ARCHITECTURAL RECORD | June 2, 2009 | Tschumi-Designed Acropolis Museum Opens At Last By David Dillon The New Acropolis Museum, Bernard Tschumi’s minimalist counterpoint to one of the world’s great archaeological sites, officially opens June 20, eight years after he won an international competition to design it, and three decades after the idea for a new Acropolis museum first surfaced. Läs artikeln >> ABU DHABI | The National | May 31, 2009 | Bringing it all back? By Richard Holledge The message is clear. The publicity may well be about the daring architecture designed to house 4,000 artefacts from Greece’s glorious past but the opening of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens next month is about the Elgin Marbles. It’s about the long, unrelenting campaign by Greece to have them returned by the British Museum. Läs artikeln >> USA | Bloomberg | May 27, 2009 | Return Elgin Marbles, Says Acropolis Museum Creator: Interview Interview by Maria Petrakis (Bloomberg) -- Bernard Tschumi can afford a smile as he looks around at his new creation, the New Acropolis Museum, after an eight-year campaign to get it designed and built. The Swiss-born architect has been on a Greek odyssey to get the $177 million structure ready, visiting Athens frequently to balance demands of conservationists, planners and archaeologists. Läs artikeln >> SVERIGE | Dagens Nyheter | 22 maj, 2009 | Nu står Akropolis nya museum äntligen klart Av Ingabritt Tomboulidou Akropolis skatter har nu fått ett nytt och modernt hem. Den 20 juni invigs det nya Akropolis­museet i Aten, bara några hundra meter från Parthenon. Ett museum i världsklass som lugnt kan räkna med minst en miljon besökare varje år. Läs artikeln >> GREECE | Athens News Agency | 20 May, 2009 | New Acropolis Museum opens The galleries of the new Acropolis Museum will be officially unveiled on June 20 in a ceremony that will be in keeping with the importance of the antiquities within their walls, one that will be attended by heads of state and government, noted international figures and broadcast on television throughout the world, Culture Minister Antonis Samaras said on Wednesday. Läs artikeln >> UK | REUTERS | 20 May, 2009 | Greece aims to bring back Parthenon relics from Britain ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will open a new Acropolis Museum in June, its culture minister said Wednesday, with the aim of bringing back historical monuments currently exhibited in the British Museum in London. Greece has campaigned for decades to retrieve the Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum and said they were an integral part of one of the world's most important monuments, but the British Museum has refused to return the treasures. Läs artikeln >> CANADA | CBC | 19 May, 2009 | Greece displays repatriated antiquities Greece unveiled hundreds of looted antiquities on Monday, saying they had been returned by Germany, Belgium and Britain. Among the items displayed at the Archaeological Museum in Athens was an 11th or 12th century marble fragment, which Culture Minister Antonis Samaras said had been returned from Britain. Läs artikeln >> GREECE | Athens News Agency | 18 May, 2009 | PM tours New Acropolis Museum Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Saturday toured the New Acropolis Museum a month before Greece’s newest and state-of-the-art museum opens to the public some 400 metres beneath the Acropolis Hill. Läs artikeln >> AUSTRALIEN | The Sydney Morning Herald | 12 May, 2009 | Greece steps up demands for return of Elgin Marbles for new museum ATHENS: Greece is making new demands for the return of the Elgin Marbles to coincide with the opening next month of the £115 million ($230 million) Acropolis Museum, which has a reserved space for the famous piece of classical statuary. The museum has been established as a home for the 146-metre-long frieze that adorned the Parthenon until 1801. Läs artikeln >> SVERIGE | Dagens Nyheter | 12 maj, 2009 | "Vem äger konstskatterna? Museer borde låna mer av varandra." Kulturskribenten Ingrid Elam kommenterar museidebatten. Läs kommentaren >> FINLAND | University of Helsinki | 12 May, 2009 | Return of the Marbles? "London now has a unique possibility to live up to modern thinking and international agreement by declaring to bring the Parthenon Marbles back to Athens" - London is hosting the Olympics in the year 2012. London now has a unique possibility to live up to modern thinking and international agreement by declaring to bring the Parthenon Marbles back to Athens, says Professor Mika Kajava from the University of Helsinki and Vice President of the Finnish Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Sculptures. Läs artikeln >> GREECE | Athens News Agency | 11 May, 2009 | Skulpturhalle Basel hosts Acropolis Museum exhibition An exhibition promoting the New Acropolis Museum in Athens will open at Skulpturhalle Basel, Switzerland, on May 12, part of an initiative by the Hellenic Foundation for Culture (HFC). Läs artikeln >> ENGLAND | telegraph.co.uk | 11 May, 2009 | Greek government unveils new home for Elgin Marbles Fresh demands for the return of the Elgin Marbles are accompanying the launch next month of the £115 million Acropolis Museum, which has a reserved space for the world's most famous piece of classical statuary. Läs artikeln >> ATHENS | Athens News Agency | 07 May, 2009 | Helsinki event for return of Parthenon Marbles -- President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias, on a state visit to Finland, expressed hope that the Parthenon Marbles, which are currently in the British Museum, will soon be placed "in the spot awaiting them", a reference to the New Acropolis Museum that will be inaugurated next month. Läs mer >> LONDON | PRNewswire | 06 May, 2009 | Students, Supported by Marbles Reunited, Stage a Peaceful Protest at the British Museum -- Forty five secondary school students and five teachers from the 2nd General Lyceum in Argostoli (Kefalonia, Greece), visited London in order to stage a peaceful protest for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Athens at the British Museum on Sunday 03 May 2009. This protest was supported by Marbles Reunited. © Marbles Reunited Läs artikeln >> ATHENS, GREECE | Kathemerini | 05 May, 2009 | Celebrating beneath the Acropolis By Iota Sykka Inaugural events for new museum scheduled to last four days and include long guestlist Läs mer >> | GOOGLE | 26 April, 2009 | Acropolis museum to open in June ATHENS (AFP) — The ultra-modern Acropolis museum, situated below the ancient landmark that defines the Greek capital Athens, will belatedly open in June, Greek Culture Minister Antonis Samaras said Sunday. "We are preparing a jewel of a museum whose opening on June 20 will be a major, global event," said Samaras after giving European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso a guided tour of the venue. Läs mer >> USA | New York Review of Books | April, 2009 | Volume 56, Number 8 · May 14, 2009 Who Should Own the World's Antiquities? By Hugh Eakin Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage By James Cuno Princeton University Press, 228 pp., $24.95 Whose Culture? The Promise of Museums and the Debate Over Antiquities edited By James Cuno Princeton University Press, 220 pp.. $24.95 Mer information >> STOCKHOLM DEN SVENSKA PARTHENONKOMMITTÉN HÅLLER ÅRSMÖTE LÖRDAGEN DEN 25 APRIL 2009. I DIREKT ANSLUTNING TILL ÅRSMÖTET ANORDNAS EN TEMAEFTERMIDDAG. PLATS: MEDELHAVSMUSEET TID: KLOCKAN 14.00-16.00. FÖR MEDLEMMAR: ÅRSMÖTE KL.13.30 VARMT VÄLKOMNA! FÖR PROGRAMINFORMATION >> | The Telegraph | 20 March, 2009 | Athens basks in its ancient glory By John Gimlette With a toddler and grandmother in tow, John Gimlette sets out to discover if the Greek capital will enthral his family. They are left speechless. Läs artikeln >> USA | Democracy Arsenal | 2 March, 2009 | Stolen Art and International Relations Posted by Hanna Lundqvist The looting of art and historical artifacts is often dismissed as a factor in international relations. Having studied art history in college and now working in foreign policy, I feel that when dealing with an issue portfolio that includes nuclear proliferation, war, economic crises, and global warming, the lower priority of art and culture is usually reasonable - however, this does not mean that the problem of looting should be entirely ignored, particularly because of the strong ties between art and national pride. Stolen art is not merely of concern due to the loss of object context for art historians and archeologists or cultural patrimony. Though usually rightly on the back-burner, looted art is a legitimate and often hot-tempered foreign policy issue. Läs artikeln >> BBC | World Service | Mars, 2009 | Radioprogram med diskussioner kring frågan om ett återlämnande av artefakter till ursprungsländerna. 50 minuter. Lyssna >> Macau | Daily Times News | 28 February, 2009 | China wrath over YSL sale comes as restitution claims increase By Fabienne Faur - AFP China's wrath over this week's sale of two ancient Chinese bronzes comes as more and more nations demand the return of heritage works -- from Iraqi antiquities to the Elgin Marbles -- with some snatched thousands of years ago. "There are restitutions each and every day," said Edouard Planche, a cultural property expert at UNESCO. "There are more and more claims." Läs artikeln >> Nya Zeeland | stuff.co.nz | 25 February, 2009 | Ancients modernised at New Acropolis By NIKKI MacDONALD - The Dominion Post The British will have to come up with a new excuse to hang on to the Parthenon frieze sculptures known as the Elgin Marbles. With the polished spaces of Athens' New Acropolis Museum about to open, there can be no suggestion Greece lacks an appropriate stage to show off the ancient marble reliefs. Läs artikeln >> USA | American Chronicle | 23 February, 2009 | Eight Reasons: Why the Parthenon Sculptures must be returned to Greece By Nicolas Mottas The date has been announced. On June 20th, the New Acropolis Museum of Athens will be inaugurated, opening its gates to the public. Crouching at the foot of the Acropolis rock, the brand new Museum is consisting the forefront of Greece's continual effort for the restoration of the Parthenon Marbles. The opening of the 130 million Euro ultra-modern building, which covers almost 14,000 square meters of exchibition space, dismantles the years-long argument that there isn't a proper place to host the ancient Sculptures in Athens. But, actually, the new Museum isn't the only reason which advocates in favour of Parthenon's Sculptures back to Greece - there are, at least, seven more points: Läs artikeln >> AFRICANET | | 22 February, 2009 | Comments on a lecture by Neil Macgregor, British Museum Director WHEN WILL EVERYBODY FINALLY ACCEPT THAT THE BRITISH MUSEUM IS A BRITISH INSTITUTION? COMMENTS ON A LECTURE BY NEIL MACGREGOR By Dr. Kwame Opoku Läs artikeln >> USA | | 20 February, 2009 | NEWSLETTER from The American Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures. Read the Newsletter >> ATEN | GREKLAND | 16 februari, 2009 | DET NYA AKROPOLISMUSEETS INVIGNING KOMMER ATT ÄGA RUM LÖRDAGEN DEN 20 JUNI 2009 ENLIGT ETT PRESSMEDDELANDE FRÅN DET GREKISKA KULTURMINISTERIET. Svenska Dagbladet | | 11 februari, 2009 | ANTIKENS MARMORSTATYER EN VIT LÖGN Av Barbro Santillo Frizell OMVÄRDERING Den vita marmorn i antikens statyer var länge en pelare som bar upp västvärldens kulturella identitet och visade på dess överlägsenhet. Bilden har varit så etablerad att det varit svårt att inse vad forskarna vetat i hundra år - statyerna var målade i grälla färger. Barbro Santillo Frizell är professor i antikens kultur och samhällsliv och direktör för Svenska Institutet i Rom. Läs artikeln >> Svenska Dagbladet | | 10 februari, 2009 | KONSTEN ETT BEGÄRLIGT KRIGSBYTE Av Mattias Legnér VÄRDSARV Under upplysningen började plundrandet av städer och slott betraktas som ett problem, och för första gången började man tala om ett allmänmänskligt kulturarv som det gällde att skona. En ny bok behandlar stulen konst från antiken fram till 1800-talet. Bokens titel: "The Art as Plunder, The Ancient Origins of Debate about Cultural Property" (Cambridge University Press, 426 p) Mattias Legnér är fil dr och högskolelektor i kulturvård vid Högskolan på Gotland. Läs artikeln >> PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS blog | | 27 January, 2009 | "Where do the great treasures of ancient art belong? In the western museums or in countries where the civilizations that created them once flourished?" By JAMES CUNO James Cuno is president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago and former director of the Courtauld Institute of Art and the Harvard University Art Museums. Läs bloginlägget >> | 23 January, 2009 | RESPONSE TO THE GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDSON OF LORD ELGIN By Kwame Opoku, Dr. Alastair Bruce may have a filial duty in respect of the Parthenon/Elgin Marbles and no one can criticise him for that. After all, we are not responsible for the deeds or missdeeds of our ancestors. Läs artikeln >> Grekland| | 11 januari, 2009 | Greklands regering har fått en rad nya ministrar idag, bland dem en ny kulturminister - Antonis Samaras. | Svenska Dagbladet | 8 januari, 2009 | WINCKELMANN OCH DEN UNIKA IMITATIONEN Av Anders Burman, idéhistoriker vid Södertörns högskola ANTIKA IDEAL "Det enda sättet för oss att bli stora, ja oefterbildliga, är att efterbilda de antika." Det skrev Johann Joachim Winckelmann i en ofta citerad passage. En nyutgiven skrift av Winckelmann ger intressanta inblickar i den nyklassicism som han var med och formulerade. Läs artikeln >> Modern Ghana | | 3 January, 2009 | CAN NATIONALISM BE SOLD AS INTERNATIONALISM VIA THE BRITISH MUSEUM? SANCTIFICATION OF BRITISH SPOLIATIONS AND LOOT By Kwame Opoku, Dr. The choice of a personality as "Briton of the year" is clearly a matter for British nationalists and a non-Briton has no business examining the basis of such a choice. It is up to the British to indulge in such a game if they consider it worthwhile. However when a leading British newspaper, The Times, making such a designation for the first time, writes in this connection that the "British Museum is the best in the world", that it is a museum for the world and refers to an "international society" and "global society", calls its director whom it has selected as "Briton of the year", "Saint Neil" and declares that "his most profound belief is that the British Museum was established for the benefit of all nations", then non-Britons are provoked to comment. Läs artikeln >> Läs nyheter från 2008 >> Läs nyheter från 2007 >> Läs nyheter från 2004-2006 >>
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