International museum heists have populated our newsfeeds in a bizarre, whack-a-mole-eque fashion over the last few weeks, reinvigorating conversations around stolen artifacts and post-colonial remediations, as well as unleashing a relentless deluge of memes that inspired many a Halloween costume. And even while the Louvre bows its head in shame, the current keeps steering us back to the British Museum. The once and always profiteer of colonial and extractive proclivities just… embraces PR nightmares with open arms, as if it’s above it all. Its reputation as a symbol of imperial looting is so cemented that as soon as the robbers absconded with France’s crown jewels, people from all over were telling the British Museum to turn out its pockets. Given the museum’s storied collection of lifted artifacts, the public wonders (mostly in jest) if it’s become emboldened to steal artifacts once again? Visit the link in bio to read rhea.nayyar’s reflections on the discourse around the British M...