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The Museum of Fine Arts Boston has returned two works of art to the Kingdom of Benin after 12 years in its collection. The ...
“Everything Precious is Fragile,” Benin’s first pavilion at the Venice Biennale, features artists Romuald Hazoumé, Chloé Quenum, Ishola Akpo, and Moufouli Bello.
The Benin Bronzes were stolen from Africa during colonial times ART | AGENCIES | It took more than a century but they are ...
The Dutch government agreed to return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in February, and the official handover ceremony will take place on 21 June. British colonial troops originally stole the artefacts in ...
Fittingly, the MFA’s announcement cites ethical quandaries around the Benin artifacts. The museum said the means by which Lehman came into possession of many of these objects prompt questions about ...
The Benin Bronzes were artefacts stolen during the UK’s imperial plunder of Benin, modern-day southern Nigeria.
The museum had sought to transfer ownership of 30 historic bronzes, originally plundered in a bloody colonial raid, to the Kingdom of Benin. The donor asked they be returned to him instead.
Black Queens coach, Kim Lars Bjorkegren, has commended his side 39;s performance against Benin on Wednesday night .
Nigeria's national museum commission will be responsible for retrieving and keeping priceless Benin Bronzes, taking on the task with the assent of the royal ruler appointed sole owner and ...
There is not much time left to view the masterful and historic bronze figures in the Museum of Fine Arts’ Benin Kingdom Gallery. The museum said this week the gallery will close April 28 after a ...
Cambridge University is under pressure to return the Benin Bronzes it promised to Nigeria three years ago after Nigerian authorities said they would not disappear into the collection of a king ...