That history does not detract from the objects ... How many objects would a new West African museum of Benin art wish to display? Thirty? Forty? A hundred? “Surely,” Phillips said ...

The objects recorded great events in the kingdom’s history, portrayed its ... were collectors of African art (although not of the art of Benin). My family donated the highlights of my parents ...

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

The government of Benin, a West African nation of 12 million people ... Burkina Faso,” said Didier Houénoudè, a professor of art history at the University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin’s main ...

The Wereldmuseum in Leiden is preparing to return 113 ancient sculptures to Nigeria, as pressure mounts on Western ...

the Museum of West African Art in Edo State, there is a vital need for the narrative of the restitution of the Benin bronzes to be told from the perspective of Africans, based on the realities on ...

When British forces raided the African kingdom of Benin in the late 19th century ... Edo-centric knowledge, history, and language, including traditional Edo names for the objects and the locations ...

The Archives is a unique repository for materials illuminating the history of photography and photographic practices in Africa ... depicting Yorùbá art and culture, Nigerian photographer Solomon ...

“Being more transparent about provenance and the history of an object ... is expected to be the new Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City, Nigeria, which is set to open in 2025.

WASHINGTON (7News) — In a ceremony Tuesday morning, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art formally ... Museum of Natural History has a collection of 20 Benin bronzes and is also ...

The museum on the University of Iowa campus presented two works of art from its collection to the royal family of Nigeria in a special ceremony held at the Benin ... Art's Curator of African ...