 | What’s onMarch 2017 |
It’s been an exciting and busy month at the Museum preparing for our American Dream exhibition – opening 9 March! Andy Warhol’s iconic series of Marilyn Monroe prints has been installed, forming a spectacular opening to the show.
We’ve compiled 15 things you should know about ‘the Pope of pop art’, that may surprise even the most devoted Warhol fan.
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‘This will be a truly epic show’ Time Out
‘some of the biggest names in American art’
The Guardian
This landmark exhibition traces 60 years of dynamic and turbulent history, presenting the Museum’s outstanding collection of modern and contemporary American prints for the first time. See America through the eyes of its greatest artists, including Warhol, Lichtenstein, Rauschenberg and the Guerrilla Girls.
9 March – 18 June 2017
Sponsored by Morgan Stanley
Supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art
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Hokusai produced works of astonishing quality right up until his death at the age of 90. This special exhibition will lead you on an artistic journey through the last 30 years of Hokusai’s life – when Hokusai produced some of his most famous masterpieces.
25 May – 13 August 2017
Supported by Mitsubishi Corporation
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The Asahi Shimbun Displays
Until Mar 2017
Come face to face with the oldest portrait in the Museum – a human skull that was decorated with plaster about 9,500 years ago.
Supported by The Asahi Shimbun
Until 3 Mar 2017
A small display of Picasso prints highlight key themes in his work from this period – his friendships, relationships and collaborations.
15 Mar – May 2017
A small display of etchings by Hockney, published in 1967, that were inspired by the poet Constantine Cavafy’s works – particularly those about love and desire between men.
Until May 2017
A display of works by Iranian artists including Bahman Mohassess, Parviz Tanavoli and Mitra Tabrizian.
Until 7 May 2017
Featuring coins that were defaced to condemn the memory of Roman emperors or undermine living ones.
Supported by Stephen and Julie Fitzgerald.
Research funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
Until 27 Aug 2017
Follow how artists responded to cultural and social upheavals in two halves of very different centuries.
Until 27 Aug 2017
This exhibition will feature the cultural traditions of Northwest Coast Peoples, highlighting visually stunning art, regalia and tools.
Supported by the High Commission of Canada in the UK.
Additional support by Steven Larcombe and Sonya Leydecker and the PF Charitable Trust.
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Thu 2 Mar, 13.30
Anthropologist Max Carocci, British Museum, discusses the socio-political roles of Native American women in the early 17th century – the time of Pocahontas.
Free, booking essential
Fri 10 Mar, 18.30
This panel discussion explores the ways in which female artists from the late 1960s to the present day have created new forms and dialogues, and changed the traditional structures of the art world.
£5, Members/concessions £3
Sun 12 Mar, 14.30
Part of Myths retold, a series of performances of some of the greatest stories in the world, presented in collaboration with the Crick Crack Club.
£8, Members/concessions £6
Fri 24 Mar, 18.30
Playwright and novelist Bonnie Greer and Sarah Churchwell, Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities, University of London, reflect on social and racial divisions in America.
£5, Members/concessions £3
Thu 30 Mar, 13.30
Drawing on examples from the British Museum’s wide collection, curator Dirk Booms will explain the conventions, demystify the grammar and introduce the key vocabularyin Latin inscriptions.
Free, booking essential
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