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Venetia Porter, curator of the Middle East department at the British Museum in London.
Venetia Porter, curator of the Middle East department at the British Museum in London.
British Museum to exhibit 150 works by Middle Eastern artists in new major exhibition
The works have been acquired by the museum, thanks to its tireless advocate of Arab art, Venetia Porter