Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind

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Until Sun May 26

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Time Out says

Mon Nov 26 2012

Sadly the BM hasn't been able to ship the famous caves at Chauvet, Lascaux and Altamira to London for this absorbing exhibition, but it has been able to bring together art made from stone, bone, antler and ivory dating back 40,000 years, as well as younger figurative pieces such as ceramic figures and a 23,000-year-old abstract figure in mammoth ivory that so fascinated Picasso he had two copies of it. Curated by Jill Cook as an exhibition of art rather than archeological finds, the show aims to explore how the creation of these pieces demonstrate the arrival and development of the modern brain, one capable of a creativity and expression that have remained surprisingly similar across thousands of years.

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Address:
British Museum 44 Great Russell St
London
WC1B 3DG

Venue phone:
020 7323 8000, bookings 08445 791940
Venue website:
www.britishmuseum.org
Opening hours:
Daily 10am-5.30pm; Fri 10am-8.30pm (selected galleries only, ring for details)
Transport:
Tube: Holborn/Russell Sq
Price:
Free (permanent collection and some temporary exhibitions)
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1. British Museum
  - 44 Great Russell St
    London
    WC1B 3DG
  - 020 7323 8000, bookings 08445 791940
  - www.britishmuseum.org
  - 51.518971,-0.126475