Museums worldwide are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Here's why it matters, who's receiving them, and what it means ...

The Republic of Benin, which is making its debut appearance at the Venice Biennale this year, is turning to culture as part of a strategy to spur economic growth.

Founder Omooba Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon Arts Foundation, OYASAF, Chief Yemisi Shyllon, described the Benin culture as a very rich and unique one, adding that the exhibition is an added platform to ...

Layiwola Mohammed (left), Nigeria’s culture minister and Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, sign an agreement of intent to return Benin Bronzes to the West African country.

At a ceremony Friday in New York City, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts returned two works of art that were stolen from ...

The Benin culture is known for sculpting and bronze arts. They have streets dedicated to bronze arts. It’s been for some time, since the beginning of the Benin empire.

Three U.S. museums transferred ownership of more than two dozen works of art known as the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria Tuesday, part of an effort to return pieces they say were stolen over a century ago.

The Museum of Fine Arts will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on April 28, the museum announced Tuesday. The gallery opened in 2013 after the MFA accepted works lent from the collection of Robert Owen ...

A federal agency, the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) has conferred the “Most Outstanding Traditional Ruler on Arts and Culture’ in Nigeria Award” on Benin monarch ...

The Horniman Museum and Gardens said ownership of 72 objects that were forcibly removed from Benin City during an 1897 British military raid will be transferred to the Nigerian government ...