http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/03/24/getting_plastered/ Reflections on art and architecture by TIME critic Richard Lacayo. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:06:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/03/24/getting_plastered/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Tan Boon Tee Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:41:13 +0000 http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/03/24/getting_plastered/#comment-219 While visiting Athens some ten years ago, I had a beautiful time at the Acropolis, admiring the wonder of the ancient Greek structures and sculptures, not knowing that part of the Parthenon frieze lied in the British Museum. Indeed, the Museum houses a good number of extremely rare and invaluable artifacts from the very old civilizations of Egypt, China, India and Greece. I suspect the British did not procure all of them in an honest way. Naturally, the Greeks would want to have their own antiques back. After all, does Britain have the right to own the past of Greece? Or for that matter the pasts of Egypt, China and India? So why get plastered when the authentic part is still available? While visiting Athens some ten years ago, I had a beautiful time at the Acropolis, admiring the wonder of the ancient Greek structures and sculptures, not knowing that part of the Parthenon frieze lied in the British Museum. Indeed, the Museum houses a good number of extremely rare and invaluable artifacts from the very old civilizations of Egypt, China, India and Greece. I suspect the British did not procure all of them in an honest way. Naturally, the Greeks would want to have their own antiques back. After all, does Britain have the right to own the past of Greece? Or for that matter the pasts of Egypt, China and India?
So why get plastered when the authentic part is still available?

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