The repatriation of African art is gaining momentum, but a number of highly important and symbolic pieces remain in the hands ...

In an unprecedented move for a United States arts institution, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will return a promised gift ...

The German government returned some of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria– 125 years after they were stolen ... This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – Share Alike 3.0 Germany license.

The objects in question are known as Benin Bronzes, flashpoints in a broader ... violent 1897 raid on Benin City in present-day Nigeria, during which British troops sacked the African empire's ...

To exhibit the works, known as Benin Bronzes, the museum created a gallery ... in present-day southern Nigeria, has led museums including the Smithsonian to return some of those items to Africa.

WOKE calls to return British Museum’s Benin Bronzes to Nigeria should be rejected, Sir Trevor Philips says. The former equalities czar said the case for sending back 900 brass sculptures was ...

The British Museum must not succumb to pressure to return the Benin Bronzes to Africa ... The sculptures were crafted in Nigeria in the 1500s and stolen by British troops 300 years later.

in what is now southern Nigeria. Collectively known as Benin Bronzes, the sculptural heads, plaques, and pendants are a wonder to behold. But a colonial shadow has long hung over them. In 1897 ...

The Museum of Fine Arts will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on April 28, the museum announced Tuesday. The gallery opened in ...