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Exhibition: Beyond El Dorado - Power And Gold In Ancient Colombia
If you were ever intrigued by the myth of El Dorado you can now see it in all its magnificence at an eye-opening exhibition, says MICHAL BONCZA
If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL
CHRIS SEARLE revels in the one-off collaboration between an American polymath and a British Muslim, and detects the presence of their revolutionary forebear
GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a thoughtful analysis of the Erdogan regime, viewed through the evolving history of a neighbourhood in Istanbul
GORDON PARSONS regrets the price, but is dazzled by an outstandingly ambitious study of the way art restoration in particular, and culture in general was weaponised by the Nazis
Beyond El Dorado: Power And Gold In Ancient Colombia
British Museum, London WC1
5 Stars
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