Parthenon Marbles: Acropolis Museum Dir. says British Museum Renting out Halls is ‘Offensive’
The director of the Acropolis Museum Nikos Stampolidis said the perfect space to host the Marbles is the Acropolis Museum
The director of the Acropolis Museum Nikos Stampolidis said the perfect space to host the Marbles is the Acropolis Museum
A fashion show at the British Museum and thus in front of the stolen Parthenon Marbles has triggered the outrage of Greece’s Culture Minister who rushed to issue a statement on a Sunday
In the podcast on Thursday, he said the British Museum has been exploring a deal “ whereby they spend part of their time in Athens and part of their time in London - and we have Greek treasures coming our way in return. And that is, I think, something worth exploring.”
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in an interview with Bloomberg on Friday said he wants to preserve good relations with London, following a cancellation of his meeting with his British counterpart Rishi Sunak amid a dispute over the Parthenon Sculptures.
The sources said that Gerapetritis highlighted the disagreement of principle between the two countries in terms of the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece.
The two leaders were scheduled to meet on Tuesday, as part of Mitsotakis' working visit to the UK. The cancellation came at Sunak's initiative.