28/02/2010

Kingdom of Ife video › The British Museum

Kingdom of Ife video › The British Museum

Kingdom of Ife | Art review | Art and design | guardian.co.uk

Kingdom of Ife | Art review | Art and design | guardian.co.uk

This is an exceptional exhibition, even by the high standards the British Museum has established in recent years. It is extraordinary because it brings together such a large number of masterpieces that have rarely or never been exhibited outside Nigeria before – and when I say masterpieces, I mean artworks that rank with the Terracotta Army, the Parthenon or the mask of Tutankhamun as treasures of the human spirit.

07/02/2010

Prejudice and principle brew at tea party meet | World news | The Guardian

Prejudice and principle brew at tea party meet | World news | The Guardian

America's disparate army of angry conservatives assembled under one roof yesterday at the first national tea party convention in Nashville, amid controversy over an opening speech which preached bigotry bordering on racism.