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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 ...
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 ...
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GBH Daily: MFA will send Benin bronzes back
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The Restitution of the Benin Bronzes
And we, Benin people and people of Africa, are happy to see that descendants ... culture that the bronzes represent. But in my own opinion, the artworks should first and foremost be returned to the ...
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Scenes from a Repatriation
A mummified figure sits on a plinth at one end of the space, its form turned into twists and distortions by the layers of ...
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Geopolitics: How Cultural Ignorance and Illiteracy Led the West to Global Decline
The US is not qualified to lecture China or interfere in Chinese affairs, nor is it qualified to say it deals with China from ...
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MOWAA woos local investors, raises $25m
The Executive Director, Museum of West African Art (MOWAA), Phillip Ihenacho, has appealed for local investment in the facility, noting that although MOWAA has raised $25 million, mostly from ...