A spokesperson for the Smithsonian says: “The plaintiffs—Restitution Study Group—lost the case in district court, the appeals ...
Repatriation of Benin Bronzes Celebrated in Nigeria The Stanley ... Cory Gundlach, curator of African art at the Stanley ...
Sharif Bey explores big ideas through sculpture. In works like "Domestic: Queen" at the New Orleans Museum of Art, Bey ...
The British Museum has been asked by slave descendants to install signs explaining how African kingdoms benefited from slavery in a row over the Benin Bronzes. The institution has faced pressure ...
The chair of the development board at the Museum of West African Art, Nigeria, discusses why she collects works from artists ...
Art knows no borders: come and meet the artists of Benin, and discover the culture and history of this West African country, ...
Dahomey, released in France this week, tells the story of 26 artefacts stolen by 19th-century French troops from the former African kingdom of the same name, including a throne and sculptures ...
Looking around his classroom over two decades ago, Sunday Goshit did not see many students who looked like him. Goshit came ...
Well-Groomed Africa One of the brightest little art shows in Manhattan this week is the work of a Hollywood dress designer. But Gilbert Adrian, 48, is also a good man with a paintbrush ...
My recent visit to FNB Art Joburg, which is Africa’s leading and longest-running contemporary art fair, was more than just a casual stroll through curated masterpieces. Accompanied by one of my ...
In June, Rema dropped his lead single from the album, a collaboration with another Benin City native, Shallipoppi, called “Benin Boys,” a tribute to their hometown.
Tapped to curate a new section of the fair, Yinka Shonibare, Zenib Sedira and Lubaina Himid discuss what has been lost, and gained, since Brexit hit the London art market. The collector and ...