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Sun 2 July 2017
A day of installations and talks
10am – 5.30pm
britishmuseum.org
British Museum
Great Russell St
London, WC1B 3DG
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Description
Shubbak at the British Museum is a day of events, installations and talks exploring responses from artists and institutions to the fragility of and threat to cultural heritage and artistic expression.
Survival of the Artist
All day symposium
Tickets £15, 10am – 5.30pm, includes break for lunch
Divided into three sessions, the symposium reflects on how artists and art spaces survive and continue to work in times of civil and political conflict, and on how they respond to the continuing threat to cultural heritage.
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Inanimate Village
Site-specific installation by Zahrah Al-Ghamdi in the Great Court
Free, open access, all day
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Unearthed
Installation by Issam Kourbaj in the Great Court
Free, open access, all day
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Living Histories
Gallery talk with Venetia Porter and Issam Kourbaj
Free, 13.45 – 14.30pm in Gallery 34
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