London Fidgets in the Culture Wars as Buenos Aires Reframes the Game
British Museum faces social media backlash over its call for ‘single girlies’ to inspect ancient Roman relics and obtain, er, fresh ideas.
Is there any cultural kerfuffle that the venerable British Museum cannot escape? Last month it was a packed fashion show in front of ancient Greek sculptures that touched off a firestorm. This week it is a collision of ancient Roman soldiers with the humorless hordes of Instagram, and results are not pretty.
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