The University of Aberdeen in Scotland said earlier this year that its museum would give back a Benin Bronze head "unconditionally". But in the wake of recent events the museum's director ...

Now, head south over France and into Africa ... around the world to be returned to the country of origin. The Benin bronzes were taken when the city was looted (forcefully taken), invaded by ...

Benin Bronzes are exhibited in museums around the world, but the largest collection can be found in the British Museum. While Germany announced the return of the bronzes in its possession, some ...

Benin,” she wrote in a post on X on Tuesday. In September 2020, the museum removed a collection of shrunken heads from its collection as part of what it refers to as its decolonization process.

Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, head of the US-based ... “The metal [used to make the bronzes] mostly comes from European slave traders, in exchange for our ancestors the Benin kingdom stole and ...

Sitting inside a grand office at the British Museum, with a bright green scarf draped over his slim black suit, Hew Locke, ...

With European museums on the back foot following Black Lives Matter protests, Nigerian politicians have the opportunity to shape the fate of the famous Benin Bronzes, writes Barnaby Phillips ...

Interview: For philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne, objects taken from former colonies have been incorporated into ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde Bd. 43, 1997 "Do All Cultural Roads Lead to Benin?" T ...

Although the British Museum has agreed to loan the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria ... Decapitated, dried, and tattooed Maori heads are on display at various European museums, including the British ...

The Benin Bronzes are a group of 16th- to 18th-century metal sculptures, cast relief plaques, and other objects created in ...