Museums worldwide are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Here's why it matters, who's receiving them, and what it means ...

It was developed, fairly obviously, to protect returned Benin art from a national government that has miserably—and often maliciously—failed to protect Nigeria’s cultural heritage.

Layiwola Mohammed (left), Nigeria’s culture minister and Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, sign an agreement of intent to return Benin Bronzes to the West African country. Germany ...

The ancient city of Benin, the Edo State capital, witnessed an artistic rebirth when some legendary and emerging Nigerian visual artists converged on the red city for a 10-day Benin Art Fair. The ...

In the ancient town of Ouidah, located in southern Benin, the annual Voodoo Festival unfolds with a vibrant mix of dance, rituals, and spiritual fervour. Children dressed in vivid robes whirl to ...

As 2025 began, we wondered if looted art would return home this year —be it paintings illegally seized by Nazis, the Parthenon Marbles, or the Benin Bronzes. In this timeline, T&C will keep ...

Nigeria to open MOWAA in Benin City in Nov. 2025, showcasing West African art and repatriated Benin Bronzes in a world-class ...

The terracotta and iron Commemorative Head from the 16th or 17th century and a 16th–century bronze Relief Plaque Showing Two ...

Matthew Teitelbaum has presided over the MFA as museums across the country have become arenas of cultural struggle.

The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) is pleased to announce the official public opening of the first phase of its Campus ...

The Museum of Fine Arts will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on April 28, the museum announced Tuesday. The gallery opened in 2013 after the MFA accepted works lent from the collection of Robert Owen ...

The Benin Bronzes were stolen from Africa during colonial times ART | AGENCIES | It took more than a century but they are ...