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64 The British Museum Review 2011/12 65 Supporters Trustees Chief Emeka Anyaoku GVCO, CON Ms Karen Armstrong FRSL Professor Sir Christopher Bayly FBA, FRSL Lord Broers of Cambridge FREng, FRS Sir Ronald Cohen Mr Francis Finlay Mr Niall FitzGerald KBE (chairman) Dame Liz Forgan DBE Professor Clive Gamble Ms Val Gooding CBE (to December 2011) Mr Antony Gormley OBE, RA Ms Bonnie Greer OBE Ms Penny Hughes CBE Sir George Iacobescu CBE Dr Olga Kennard OBE, FRS (to March 2012) Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws QC, FRSA Sir Richard Lambert (to June 2011) Mrs Edmée Leventis (to November 2011) Mr John Micklethwait (from August 2011) Mr David Norgrove (to March 2012) Professor Amartya Sen CH Sir Martin Sorrell (from April 2011) Lord Stern of Brentford Kt, FBA Baroness Wheatcroft of Blackheath Exhibitions Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World 3 March to 17 July 2011 Supported by Bank of America Merrill Lynch Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe 23 June to 9 October 2011 Sponsored by John Studzinski In association with William and Judith Bollinger, Singapore; Betsy and Jack Ryan; Howard and Roberta Ahmanson; and The Hintze Family Charitable Foundation Grayson Perry: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman 6 October 2011 to 26 February 2012 Supported by AlixPartners, with Louis Vuitton Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam 26 January to 15 April 2012 HSBC Amanah has supported the exhibition’s international reach outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Picasso to Julie Mehretu: Modern Drawings from the BM Collection 7 October 2010 to 25 April 2011 Images and Sacred Texts: Buddhism across Asia 14 October 2010 to 3 April 2011 Traditional Jewellery and Dress from the Balkans 21 January to 11 September 2011 Adornment and Identity: Jewellery and Costume from Oman 21 January to 11 September 2011 Supported by BP Eric Gill: Public and Private Art 10 February to 7 August 2011 Modern Syrian Art at the BM 4 July 2011 to 9 January 2012 The Cost of Living in Roman and Modern Britain 11 August 2011 to 15 April 2012 Mine to Medals: The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Medals 19 September 2011 to 9 September 2012 Supported by Rio Tinto Part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad Manga at the BM: Drawings by Hoshino Yukinobu 29 September 2011 to 9 April 2012 Landscape, Heroes and Folktales: German Romantic Prints and Drawings 29 September 2011 to 9 April 2012 Supported by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation Australian Season Supported by Rio Tinto Australia Landscape: Kew at the British Museum 21 April to 16 October 2011 Out of Australia: Prints and Drawings from Sidney Nolan to Rover Thomas 26 May to 11 September 2011 Baskets and Belonging: Indigenous Australian Histories 26 May to 11 September 2011 Objects in Focus: The Asahi Shimbun Displays Sikh Fortress Turban 17 February to 17 April 2011 Xu Bing: Background Story 7 12 May to 10 July 2011 Crocodile Dance Mask from the Torres Strait Islands 11 August to 16 October 2011 Hokusai’s Great Wave 3 November 2011 to 8 January 2012 Sacred Souvenir: A Model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre 2 February to 6 May 2012 Supporters The Trustees and the Director would like to thank the following for their encouragement, support and advice during the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012 Aall Foundation Dr Hossam Abdallah and Dr Madiha Elsawi Mr John W. Adams Mr Mohammed Afkhami HH Princess Catherine Aga Khan Mr and Mrs Marcus Agius Mr and Mrs Howard Ahmanson Mr and Mrs Vahid Alaghband AlixPartners Allen & Company LLC Selwyn and Ellie Alleyne Basma Al-Sulaiman Alta Advisers Ltd The Altajir Trust American Express Foundation The American Friends of the British Museum American Research Center in Egypt Dr Zarathustra J. Amrolia Ian and Helen Andrews Mr and Mrs William Arah ArcelorMittal Archeology 4 all Sule and Ahmet Arinc The Art Fund Ms Tina Arth and Mr Darrell Baker Arts and Humanities Research Council The Asahi Shimbun Mr Charles Asprey Mr Vladimijr Attard Ms Jane Attias Mr Alain Aubry The Aurelius Charitable Trust Neil and Kay Austin The Estate of Francis Bacon Mr Edward D. Baker III Baker & McKenzie LLP The Band Trust Mr Vindi Banga Bank of America Merrill Lynch Barakat Trust Juliet Bareau Graham and Joanna Barker Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd Dominic Barton Nada Bayoud and Andrew Wynn BBVA Corporate Investment Banking The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort Ingrid and Tom Beazley Bei Shan Tang Foundation Richard Beleson and Kim Lam Beleson Fund BG Group David Billings and Rebecca Goodhart The Blackstone Group Bloomberg LP The Hon. Nigel Boardman Mr and Mrs Norman Bobins Mrs Raya Bohsali and Mr Karim Motaal William and Judith Bollinger, Singapore The Charlotte Bonham- Carter Charitable Trust Monsieur Jean A. Bonna Charles and Léonie Booth-Clibborn Mr and Mrs David B. Borthwick Mrs Milly Bowie Craig N. Boyer BP W. Mark Brady Miss Kate Braine David Brener Mrs Dorothy Tucker Brilliant The British Academy British Egyptian Society British Institute of Persian Studies The British Museum Friends Mr and Mrs Charles Brown Lady Brownlie Mrs Anne Burton Cairns Charitable Trust Fiona Campbell Francisco Capelo William Carey Sir Roger and Lady Carr Charina Endowment Fund Lillian and Lincoln Chin CHK Charities Limited Ida Chow Christie’s Mrs Anne Christopherson Citi Tim and Caroline Clark The Clothworkers’ Foundation Stephen Cohen The John S Cohen Foundation The R and S Cohen Foundation Mr and Mrs Paul Collins Mr Timothy C. Collins Colnaghi John Cook Ms Elizabeth Coombs Juan R. Corbella Paul and Tamie Cornwall-Jones Mr and Mrs Kenneth Costa The late Penelope Crutchfield The Curtain Foundation Mr and Mrs R.L. 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66 The British Museum Review 2011/12 67 Supporters / Community groups Mrs Kathleen Kin-Yue Fu Mr Noboru Fujinuma Mr Jonathan Gaisman The Gamboges Fine Art Society Johanna and Leslie Garfield Sir Victor and Lady Garland The Garnett Charitable Trust David Gaventa The Robert Gavron Charitable Trust The Getty Foundation J Paul Getty Jr Charitable Trust Ms Raghida Ghandour and the late Basil Al- Rahim Bita Ghezelayagh The late Dr Henry Ginsburg Patricia and John Glasswell Mme Alice Goldet Israel Goldman Goldman Sachs International The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Ms Val Gooding and Mr Crawford MacDonald Sir Nicholas and Lady Goodison David Gordon Stephen Gosztony Mr Andrew Green Sarah and Gerard Griffin Antony Griffiths Lawrence and Lucy Guffey Mr and Mrs Roderick Hall Dr Martin Halusa The Helen Hamlyn Trust Sir Ewan and Lady Harper Colin Harrison The Headley Trust Mr Thomas C. Heagy Mr and Mrs Christoph Henkel Heritage Lottery Fund Lady Heseltine The Hintze Family Charitable Foundation Mr Robert Hoehn Dr Alex Hooi and Keir McGuinness Horizon Asset Limited Sir Joseph Hotung HSBC Amanah ING Group Mrs Leila Ingrams The Institute for Aegean Prehistory The Institute of Bioarchaeology Iran Heritage Foundation Rose Issa The late Dr Roger Jacobi Sir Martin and Lady Jacomb Mr Moez and Dr Nadia Jamal Lily Jencks Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation Sir Ian Johnston Paul and Ellen Josefowitz JTI Group Jonathan and Ute Kagan Howard Karshan and Linda Karshan William Kentridge The Hon. Lady Keswick Mr and Mrs Roger Keverne Princess Jeet Nabha Khemka Mr Nand Khemka The Kilfinan Trust David Killick James and Clare Kirkman Yvonne Koerfer Korean Air The Neil Kreitman Foundation Nirmalya Kumar Norman A. Kurland and Deborah A. David David Lachenmann, Zurich Steven Larcombe and Sonya Leydecker Thomas and Gianna Le Claire The Leathersellers’ Company Charitable Fund Christopher Lennox-Boyd David Leventhal The A.G. Leventis Foundation The Constantine Leventis Family Leventis Overseas Ltd Lady Lever The Leverhulme Trust Christian Levett and Mougins Museum of Classical Art Leon Levy Foundation The late Olive Lewis Mr Lowell Libson The Linbury Trust Mr David Lindsell Linklaters LLP Mr Aidan Lisser Kai-Yin Lo William Lock London Topographical Society Louis Vuitton Mark and Liza Loveday Janine Luke in honour of Melvin R. Seiden and Hugo Chapman John Lyon’s Charity Miss Louisa Macmillan Magic of Persia Mr Conor Mahony Nicholas and Sarah Mahony Angus and Margaret Maitland The late Alan Mann Mr Richard Mansell- Jones Esq. Howard S. Marks The Marsh Christian Trust Emmanuel and Laurie Marty de Cambiaire Harriett and Michael Maunsell Omar Mazhar Jamie McAlpine Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation E.J. McFadden The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Mr Christopher Mendez Metabolic Studio, a direct charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundation Carol and Robin Michaelson Norma and Selwyn Midgen Professor Arthur R. Miller The Millichope Foundation Ministry of Tourism of the Sultanate of Oman The Monument Trust Mark and Judy Moody- Stuart The Henry Moore Foundation Glen Moreno Morgan Stanley Miles Morland Mrs Judith Morris Frederick Mulder Shigeru and Noriko Myojin National Heritage Memorial Fund Mr Jacques Neveu News Corporation The Newton Charitable Trust Mr James B. Nicholson Miss Diane Nixon Lady Nolan David and Jenny Norgrove North Street Trust Mollie and John Julius Norwich HRH The Otunba Adekunle Ojora OFR CON Richard and Amilia Oldfield Dick and Pam Olver Stephen Ongpin Jeffrey Onions QC and Sally Onions Kevin O’Sullivan David Oxtoby The late Mr John Pachmayr Mr David Paisey Michael Palin Simon and Midge Palley Georgia Papageorge Mr Hamish Parker Drs John and Carolyn Parker-Williams The late Mr Robert B. Partridge Mr and Mrs Dalip Pathak Mr Gavin Patterson Mr Grayson Perry Mr and Mrs Anthony Pitt-Rivers Mr Francis Plowden Olga Polizzi Barbara, Lady Poole Carolyn and Stuart Popham Quintin and Elizabeth Price Dan and Karen Pritzker Hubert Prouté Ms Bambi Putnam RA Associates Maya and Ramzy Rasamny Dr John H. Rassweiler Stiftung Ratjen Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin Mrs Joyce Reuben Rio Tinto PLC Mr Richard Rivers John and Liz Robins Barbara Paul Robinson and Charles Raskob Robinson The E.S.G. Robinson Charitable Trust J.M. Rogers The Rose Foundation Mr and Mrs Benjamin Rosen Joseph Rosen Foundation Frankie Rossi The Dowager Viscountess Rothermere The Rothschild Foundation Royal Society Martin Royalton-Kisch Paul and Jill Ruddock Dr Deanna Lee Rudgard OBE Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Matthew Rutenberg Betsy and Jack Ryan Jeremy and John Sacher Charitable Trust The Michael Harry Sacher Charitable Trust Dr Raymond Sackler and Mrs Beverly Sackler Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) Salomon Oppenheimer Philanthropic Foundation Sally and Anthony Salz Samsung Electronics SAS UK The Lord Sassoon The Trustees of the Saudi Equestrian Fund School of Oriental and African Studies Julia Schottlander Nicolas Schwed Mr and Mrs Ian Sellars Dr Genshitsu Sen James and Joan Shapiro Ms Priscylla S.C. Shaw Ms Julia Simmons Emilia A. Simonelli The late Douglas Slatter Ms Niki Smith Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP The Sosland Family Sotheby’s Europe The Stanley Foundation Sir Hugh and Lady Stevenson John J. Studzinski CBE Mr and Mrs Edward Studzinski Mrs Maria Sukkar The Sumitomo Foundation Virginia Surtees Patrick Syz Tabor Foundation The Lady Juliet Tadgell Mrs Toshiko Taira Mr and Mrs John Talbot Mrs Basak Tarman Thames Wharf Charity The Thaw Charitable Trust Thomson Reuters Corporation Mr and Mrs Melvin Tillman Mr and Mrs David M. Tobey Toshiba International Foundation Mrs Toshiko Taira Laura and Barry Townsley Lord and Lady Tugendhat Berna and Tolga Tuglular Mr Abdulaziz Turki John and Ann Tusa University of Leicester University of London Cyrus and Priya Vandrevala Victoria Miro Gallery The Vivmar Foundation The Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust Mr Robin Vousden Rupert Wace Esq. The Charles Wallace India Trust Bruno Wang The Warburg Pincus Foundation Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement Nadia Wellisz The Garfield Weston Foundation George and Patti White Robert and Catherine White Mr Stewart E. White Malcolm Wiener Reba and Dave Williams The Williams Charitable Trust Dr Catherine Wills The Wolfson Foundation Mrs Patricia S. Wolfston Mrs Jayne Wrightsman OBE Dr Joel P. Wyler Xiling Group Virginia Sun Yee Mr Brian D. Young and Ms Katherine Ashton Young and those donors who wish to remain anonymous Community groups BM outreach included work with the following groups in 2011/12 1a ARTS 1A Children’s Centre ACDiversity Action on Hearing Loss Acton Iranian Library Afghan Aid Afghan Association of London Afghan Islamic Cultural Centre Afghan Poverty Relief Afghanistan and Central Asian Association Africa Advocacy Foundation Africa Foundation Stone African Families Association Age UK Camden Akademi Al-Hijra Somali Community Association Al-Isharah Alone in London Alsen Day Centre Alzheimer’s Society An Nisa Anglo Ethiopian society Anglo Sikh Heritage Trail Anti-Slavery International Arts Westminster Asamai Cultural Trust Asian Music Circuit
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