Royal Academy of Music to ‘Decolonise’ Collection as Composer Linked to Slave Trade

Jun 2nd 2021 2:00pm EDT

Pianos made with colonial ivory, and sculptures of a revered composer who invested heavily in the slave trade, are under review at the UK’s oldest conservatoire. Officials at the Royal Academy of Music have confirmed they are reassessing the conservatoire’s 200-year-old collection to free up space for student learning, and to review its artefacts “through a decolonisation […]

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