British Museum makes biggest-ever international loan for Ancient Egypt blockbuster in Melbourne

This article was first published by The Art Newspaper.

The beleaguered British Museum’s most ambitious international loan of ancient Egyptian artefacts from its collections will arrive in Melbourne next year.

In the midst of the British Museum’s crisis following the large-scale theft of objects from its collections, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne has announced the exhibition Pharaoh, which “celebrates 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian art and culture”.