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Museum’s Benin Bronzes Are Reclaimed by Wealthy Collector
The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The ...
See historic bronzes displayed in MFA’s prized — and now doomed — Benin Kingdom Gallery
The wealthy donor who pledged them to the museum asked they be returned to him amid talks to transfer ownership to their ...
The Art Newspaper1d
MFA Boston to return Benin Bronzes to wealthy donor, close gallery
Boston will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on 28 April, but most of the works it had been created to display will not be repatriated to their place of origin. Instead, all but five of the objects ...
In an extraordinary move, MFA to return prized African art to wealthy donor and close gallery
The museum had sought to transfer ownership of 30 historic bronzes, originally plundered in a bloody colonial raid, to the ...
The Africa Report1d
Colonial loot, cultural loss: Why Africa wants its artefacts back
The repatriation of African art is gaining momentum, but a number of highly important and symbolic pieces remain in the hands ...
GBH2d
MFA to close Benin Kingdom Gallery
The Museum of Fine Arts will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on April 28, the museum announced Tuesday. The gallery opened in ...
ARTnews on MSN4d
MFA Boston to Rescind Promised Gift of Benin Bronzes, Close Dedicated Gallery
In an unprecedented move for a United States arts institution, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will return a promised gift ...
artdependence2d
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to close Benin Kingdom Gallery on April 28
The space opened in 2013 after the Museum accepted a promised ... located in present-day Nigeria, created bronze and ivory masterpieces that were commissioned by the oba (king). In 1897, British ...