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The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has closed its renowned but controversial Benin Kingdom Gallery. The space prominently displayed bronze and ivory objects considered masterpieces from the former ...
The high court filing follows a brief order from a federal appeals court that kept in place a court order blocking the policy ...
The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The ...
The museum had sought to transfer ownership of 30 historic bronzes, originally plundered in a bloody colonial raid, to the ...
In an unprecedented move for a United States arts institution, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will return a promised gift ...
Calls to return the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria have been branded “weak” by Britain’s former anti-racism tsar. Sir Trevor Phillips, former head of the Commission for Racial Equality, argued that the case ...
WOKE calls to return British Museum’s Benin Bronzes to Nigeria should be rejected, Sir Trevor Philips says. The former equalities czar said the case for sending back 900 brass sculptures was ...
Claims for the artefacts' return 'vary greatly in legitimacy' due to 'highly disputed' historical and political arguments, a report said.
The Benin Bronzes should not be sent back to Africa, Britain’s former anti-racism tsar has said. Sir Trevor Phillips, who previously led the Commission for Racial Equality, said the case for ...
Britain should resist demands to return “looted” treasures such as the Benin Bronzes or the Elgin Marbles according to the former head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. In a paper ...