A series of acclaimed exhibitions is holding a mirror up to UK history,from Celtic invasion to Enlightenment ideas to imperial conquestAsk the question of the week – what does it mean to be British? – and the retort you might get from our metropolitan art galleries might be at once polymorphic and paradoxical, but also strangely consoling, or in the way of the best culture,approximately the dark times in which we live.
From the British Museum (The Celts), to the V&A (European Arts and Crafts, and 1600-1815) to the Royal Academy (Ai Weiwei) and Tate Britain (Artist and Empire),many noteworthy British collections present a magic tapestry open to almost infinite reinterpretation.
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Source: theguardian.com