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"They must be entrusted to the descendants of the enslaved," not returned unconditionally to Nigeria, writes one stakeholder.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has closed its renowned but controversial Benin Kingdom Gallery. The space prominently displayed bronze and ivory objects considered masterpieces from the former ...
The German government returned some of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria– 125 years after they were stolen by the British troops in 1897. Cultural historian, art and heritage specialist Dr. Oluwatoyin ...
The world premiere production runs at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs until 24 May ...
Louisville has given money to the Speed, Frazier, the Kentucky Science Center and the Portland Museum, but it has given the ...
Bains’s altars to memory, Akinsanya Kambon’s Pan-Africanist sculptures, colonial wine production, restaging Diane Arbus’s 1972 retrospective, and more.
A mummified figure sits on a plinth at one end of the space, its form turned into twists and distortions by the layers of ...
The bronze, which will soon call the Meijer Gardens in Michigan home, is Cave’s first outdoor work and evolved from his ...
The result of a crowdfunding effort that helped cover its roughly $63,000 (£50,000) cost, the bronze sculpture in question stands at nearly 7.5 feet (2.24m) tall atop a nearly 10 foot (3m) plinth made ...