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Article: Parthenon marbles back in play. (Front Page).(controversial plan for Elgin marbles to be loaned to Greece for the Olympics)(Brief Article)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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Hoping to secure a long-term loan of the so-called Elgin marbles from the British Museum in time for the 2004 summer Olympics in Athens, Greek officials have put aside their ownership claim, toned down their accusatory rhetoric and offered to ply the British Museum with loans of antiquities from Greek museums to help fill the expansive gallery that now displays the works. They have also announced plans to begin construction in Athens this summer of a 270,000-square-foot, Bernard Tschumi-designed museum to house architectural elements and sculptures from the Acropolis. The museum is meant to include the contested marbles that adorned the Parthenon until they were removed to ...