The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story of the Art in Our Museums... and Why We Need to Talk About It

The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story of the Art in Our Museums... and Why We Need to Talk About It

If you think art history has to be pale, male and stale - think again.

Should museums be made to give back their marbles? Is it even possible to 'decolonise' our galleries? Must Rhodes fall?

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