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

A great cultural shift occurred in 1982, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, opened its Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, displaying art from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.

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.

As more looted art comes back to Africa, countries have wrestled with the right way to display it. That 200,000 people have lined up for a show suggests Benin has found an answer. By Elian Peltier ...

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

“It is about reconnecting with our culture, art, and spirituality.” Held annually, the Voodoo Festival has gained momentum as a key cultural event, drawing attendees from across Africa and beyond.

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 track ...

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 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 ...

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