Don Morgan Nielsen

THE PARTHENON REPORT: Building Walls or Building Bridges?

In this final column for the year, Don Morgan Nielsen outlines a “radically  generous” solution to this dispute and marks…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: The Future of the Museum

As we approach the conclusion of the Parthenon Report for this year, Don Morgan Nielsen looks at the evolution and…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: A Time of Gifts...

In this week's Parthenon Report, Don Morgan Nielsen looks at examples of museums repatriating cultural artefacts to their country of…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: One Argument - Many Excuses

After five months of discussing the history of the Parthenon Sculptures and considering the various angles whether they belong all…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the ...Universal Museum

In this week's Parthenon Report, Don Morgan Nielsen introduces readers to the notion of the "Universal" Museum as used by…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: Of Fish and Floodgates

Don Morgan Nielsen explores the British Museum's cliché “floodgates argument”, which is usually deployed to resist the return of the…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: Once Upon A Time... (Part 2)

Don Morgan Nielsen continues his dash through the history of narrative art and also looks at some other storytelling masterpieces…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: Once Upon A Time... (Part 1)

In this week's Parthenon Report, Don Morgan Nielsen looks at the concept of “narrative” and the Sculptures’ role in a…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: A Tale of Two Integrities

Don Morgan Nielsen looks at how the British Museum plays semantic games with the concept of 'integrity' when it comes…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men and Women

In this week's Parthenon Report Don Morgan Nielsen presents the great men and women whose philhellenic stance made a significant…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: Looters and Lovers

In this week's Parthenon Report Don Morgan Nielsen looks at two ancient Romans who also play a role in our…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: What does Justice require?

In this week's Parthenon Report, Don Morgan Nielsen explores the fine line between the justice of morality and conventional legal…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: The Hammer and the Nail (Part 2)

In this week's column Don Morgan Nielsen explores the merits of a judicial resolution of the Parthenon Sculptures case at…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: The Hammer and the Nail (Part I)

In this week's column for the repatriation of the Parthenon sculptures, Don Morgan Nielsen opens the case for a legal…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: Morality vs. Law

As Don Morgan Nielsen very correctly puts it, no discussion about the fate of the Parthenon Sculptures would be complete…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: The Eye of the Blackbird

That we've broken their statues, that we've driven them out of their temples, doesn't mean at all that the gods…

3 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: Mohammed's Cat

That we've broken their statues, that we've driven them out of their temples, doesn't mean at all that the gods…

4 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: The Crime and The Criminal (2)

That we've broken their statues, that we've driven them out of their temples, doesn't mean at all that the gods…

4 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: The Crime and The Criminal (1)

In this week's fascinating Parthenon Report, Don Morgan Nielson deconstructs the man and the myth that was Lord Elgin and…

4 years ago

THE PARTHENON REPORT: Shifting Paradigms and a New Era

In this second edition of our weekly column 'The Parthenon Report', Classicist, Olympian and strategic advisor Don Morgan Nielsen addresses…

4 years ago