What: Treasures of Crimea is a timely documentary about a collection of precious antiquities is full of dramatic twists and turns, and offers a microcosm of the current war in Ukraine.
When: Friday, October, 14th 2022. 6:30 pm BST
Where: Curzon Bloomsbury, The Brunswick Centre, London WC1N 1AW
Tickets: £9.00 (students: £7.00)
More About the Film
The traveling exhibition Crimea – Gold and Treasures of the Black Sea is being held hostage in the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam. Since the annexation of Crimea by Putin, the art collection became stateless. The treasures became a tool in a power struggle between Russia and Ukraine, both claiming the collection as their own. The Netherlands unwillingly became a referee. To which party should the exhibition be returned?
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