Hadrian at the British Museum

Richard Lacayo has commented on the Hadrian: Empire and Conflict exhibition at the British Museum ("The Emperor Hadrian", Time, October 15, 2008). His assessment of the exhibition space (and that of the Chinese warriors) is spot on: "Good shows; bad space".

Lacayo continues:

the round space leads to awkward circulation patterns and bottlenecks around display cases.

• Hadrian exhibition

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Athens, National Museum 249, from the Olympieion (Kaltsas no. 718). © David Gill.