Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artefact before gently ...

To exhibit the works, known as Benin Bronzes, the museum created a gallery that included information about the looting and invited the kingdom’s royal leader, the oba, to the opening.

The objects in question are known as Benin Bronzes, flashpoints in a broader conversation on the ethics of collecting and displaying objects taken during the colonial era. Some of the objects in ...

Thank you for your editorial on the Benin bronzes (“At the Museum of Fine Arts, a chance for justice,” April 27). However, calling for the repatriation of the plundered artworks to Nigeria ...

Collectively known as Benin Bronzes, the sculptural heads, plaques, and pendants are a wonder to behold. But a colonial shadow has long hung over them. In 1897, after a group of British officials ...

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In February this year, the Netherlands agreed to return 119 Benin bronze statues to Nigeria. Two British universities began returning pieces to Nigeria around the same time: the University of ...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met at the Amiri Diwan on Monday with President of the Republic of Benin Patrice Talon. The two sides discussed areas of cooperation and ways ...

In February this year, the Netherlands agreed to return 119 Benin bronze statues to Nigeria. Two British universities began returning pieces to Nigeria around the same time: the University of ...

Finland has returned a ceremonial stool, the kataklè, to Benin, more than 130 years after it was looted by French troops and transferred to the National Museum of Finland. The royal three-legged ...