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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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Don't hand the Benin Bronzes back to Nigeria - the argument to return them is 'weak', former anti-racism boss says
In 2022, Oxbridge and Cambridge universities approved the return of more than 200 of their Benin Bronzes, part of a collection of some 5,000 plaques and sculptures. And the museum has since been ...