"As the British Museum opens Hawaiʻi: a kingdom crossing oceans, Ben Luke takes a tour of the exhibition with the museum's head of Oceania, Alice Christophe. We also hear about the museum's fresh approach to the stewardship of its collection of Hawaiian objects and materials. An image of the god Kū at the entrance to the Hawaiʻi: a kingdom crossing oceans exhibition © The Trustees of the British Museum. Photo: MKH"
"And this episode's Work of the Week is Bathtub (1961-87), a late work made by Joseph Beuys, cast in bronze after his death in 1986. It is at the centre of a new show of Beuys's work at the Thaddaeus Ropac gallery in London. Luke speaks to Thaddaeus Ropac about the sculpture and its long journey to completion. Joseph Beuys, Badewanne (Bathtub) (1961-1987) Photo: Ulrich Ghezzi"
The British Museum opens Hawaiʻi: a kingdom crossing oceans, featuring prominent objects such as an image of the god Kū and a renewed approach to stewardship of Hawaiian collections. The Ca' Dario palazzo on Venice's Grand Canal is on the market, with its history and supposed "curse" examined alongside insights from Anna Somers Cocks. Joseph Beuys's late work Bathtub (1961–87), cast in bronze after his 1986 death, is central to a new exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac in London, and the sculpture's long journey to completion is discussed. Exhibition dates run into 2026 and March respectively.
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