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Art from The Iliad and the Odyssey: A Giant Golden Book adapted from the Greek classics of Homer by Jane Werner Watson and vividly illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen

Still Capturing Imaginations: The Legend of Troy

By John Freeman on October 31, 2019

The legend of Troy has endured for more than 3,000 years, and continues to inspire artists and writer today. The story of a great city, plunged into a 10-year war over the abduction of the most beautiful woman in the… Read More ›

Talking Manga: An Interview with British Museum curator Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere

By John Freeman on August 8, 2019

Holly Rose Swinyard, editor of The Cosplay Journal, recently sat down with Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, curator of the British Museum’s Manga Exhibition, which runs until 26th August 2019, and has kindly shared part of their interview with downthetubes as a… Read More ›

Free Marie Duval lunchtime talk at British Museum tomorrow

By John Freeman on June 12, 2019 • ( 1 )

The British Museum will host a free lunchtime lecture tomorrow (Thursday 13th June 2019) by Roger Sabin, author of Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History of Comic Art, talking about the Victorian cartoonist Marie Duval, the often overlooked creator of Ally Sloper

The British Museum team busy installing a show-stopping 17-metre-long theatre curtain ahead of the opening of the MANGA Exhibition earlier this month. It was made by Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyōsai for the Shintomi Theatre on 30th June 1880. That day, after drinking a few bottles of rice wine, Kyōsai retreated to a studio and started painting. Just four hours later he emerged with the huge curtain, depicting members of the acting company as various kinds of monsters. The curtain is on loan from the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University. Photo: British Museum

British Museum’s massive MANGA exhibition opens this week

By John Freeman on May 19, 2019

Author and manga expert Paul Gravett was lucky to be granted an exclusive sneak peek at The British Museum‘s MANGA exhibition, opening this week – and he’s very impressed. Announced last year, the exhibition, which will run until August, explores the… Read More ›

British Museum announces major Manga exhibition, tie-in MANGA book

By John Freeman on December 10, 2018 • ( 2 )

The British Museum is to host a major exhibition dedicated to the history of Manga in the New Year, opening in May, along with a tie-in book titled, simply, MANGA. The exhibition, which will run until August, will explore the… Read More ›

Make Manga at the British Museum

By John Freeman on August 2, 2017 • ( 1 )

The British Museum in London is running a number of workshops for children this month, including two “Make a Manga Comic” workshops this Saturday, 6th August 2017. Aimed at kids of seven plus, the free Make a Manga Comic workshops on Saturday… Read More ›

Hoshino Yukinobu (b. 1954), Rainman. Ink on paper, 2015. JTI Japanese Acquisition Fund, 2015,3024.1 © Hoshino Yukinobu.

British Museum to host Manga Now: Three Generations Exhibition

By John Freeman on August 17, 2015 • ( 1 )

Celebrating the tenth anniversary of Asahi Shimbun sponsorship, the British Museum’s Asahi Shimbun Gallery is to host Manga Now: Three Generations from September, an exhibition featuring newly commissioned and recent works by a trio of celebrated Japanese manga artists: Chiba Tetsuya, Hoshino… Read More ›