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In a lengthy interview to the Sunday Times, British Museum Chairman George Osborne says he is “pretty optimistic” that the Parthenon Sculptures could be reunified in Greece, even though he concedes this has been an “intractable” issue.
Sending the Parthenon Sculptures back to Greece would be part of an exchange, Osborne says.
“I’ve always said that this has been the museum’s most intractable problem for 200 years,” Osborne replied. “So you have to be a bit humble when you turn up and say you are going to solve it. But I’m still pretty optimistic.”
“If we all come at this problem with open minds, there’s a landing zone that satisfies the absolutely understandable requirements of the Greek state and our own requirements and laws. And if we pull it off we’ll have some great objects coming here,” he added,