The British Museum says it is restricted from permanently returning items including Benin Bronzes due to the British Museum ...

The world’s most famous collection of African art arrived in Britain after a spectacular act of colonial violence. In February 1897, an expeditionary force of 1,200 British soldiers and African ...

After five years of running top-notch Roots 101 museum, founder Lamont Collins finally got the support from the Louisville ...

In addition to the National Museum of African Art’s collection, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has a collection of 20 Benin bronzes. Provenance research for that collection has ...

On Nov. 28, 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron made strides in the African art restitution movement. Macron spoke at the University of Ouagadougou in West Africa and directly addressed the history ...

In a significant development for Nigeria’s cultural heritage, Coronation Group has partnered with the National Commission for Museums and Monuments to establish a world-class gallery to showcase the ...

T he Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has returned two historic works of art looted from the Benin Kingdom in 1897 to the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Ewuare II.

What does art tell us about the kingdom of Benin? Learn about animals in Benin art and how brass statues were made in this BBC Bitesize year 5/6 KS2 History guide.

With Relooted, the restitution of African art enters the language of video games, as the global debate takes shape in ...

On July 15, at a royal ceremony buzzing with press, the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art's Curator of African Art, Cory Gundlach, walked up to Oba (King) Ewuare II’s throne to hand him ...

Gundlach said the museum was “committed to acknowledging this tragic chapter in history and using it as a catalyst for positive change”. In a key moment for the Benin Kingdom’s efforts to regain the ...