![This Is Performative': Critics Mercilessly Mock the British Museum for Its 'Hollow' Statement of Solidarity With the Black Lives Matter Movement This Is Performative': Critics Mercilessly Mock the British Museum for Its 'Hollow' Statement of Solidarity With the Black Lives Matter Movement](https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2019/01/GettyImages-493323950-1024x683.jpg)
This Is Performative': Critics Mercilessly Mock the British Museum for Its 'Hollow' Statement of Solidarity With the Black Lives Matter Movement
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British Museum director Hartwig Fischer: 'There are no foreigners here – the museum is a world country' | British Museum | The Guardian
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Queen Sonja of Norway is welcomed by Hartwig Fischer, Director of British Museum and Sir Richard Lambert as she arrives to the exhibition "Love and Angst" by Edvard Munch at the British
![Representative Hsieh Tours the British Museum with Director Dr Hartwig Fischer - Taipei Representative Office in the U.K. Representative Hsieh Tours the British Museum with Director Dr Hartwig Fischer - Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.](https://www.roc-taiwan.org/uploads/sites/172/2020/12/Hsieh-BM.jpg)
Representative Hsieh Tours the British Museum with Director Dr Hartwig Fischer - Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.
![Miguel Berger on Twitter: "Meeting British Museum Director Hartwig Fischer for lunch today. @britishmuseum voted #1 museum in UK on tripadvisor https://t.co/SZNPmFj4R7" / Twitter Miguel Berger on Twitter: "Meeting British Museum Director Hartwig Fischer for lunch today. @britishmuseum voted #1 museum in UK on tripadvisor https://t.co/SZNPmFj4R7" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsT9bLnWAAA_8GU.jpg)
Miguel Berger on Twitter: "Meeting British Museum Director Hartwig Fischer for lunch today. @britishmuseum voted #1 museum in UK on tripadvisor https://t.co/SZNPmFj4R7" / Twitter
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British Museum director Hartwig Fischer: 'We can't wait to have visitors breathing life back into the space' | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard
![British Museum: German art historian Hartwig Fischer becomes new director | The Independent | The Independent British Museum: German art historian Hartwig Fischer becomes new director | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/09/25/18/Fischer-1-EPA.jpg)
British Museum: German art historian Hartwig Fischer becomes new director | The Independent | The Independent
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British Museum director Hartwig Fischer: 'We need to tell our visitors more about colonialism and slavery'
![German to become first foreign director of British Museum since 1827 | British Museum | The Guardian German to become first foreign director of British Museum since 1827 | British Museum | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0e6e225ecdb8d3abe78a9b37f8bed4a1f40192a0/81_160_1853_1111/master/1853.jpg?width=1200&height=900&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=4ffb1633efe1764038e8555ec40b09a3)