WASHINGTON (7News) — In a ceremony Tuesday morning, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art formally transferred ownership of 29 Benin bronzes to Nigeria. The bronzes are a small part of the ...

The West African country’s pavilion will be organized by the curator and critic Azu Nwagbogu. Azu Nwagbogu, who will curate the Republic of Benin's first pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Courtesy of ...

As the global art world continues to wrestle with its colonial past, the region’s artists and cultural institutions are ...

The pavilion will feature work by four contemporary Beninese artists. Beninese sculptor Romuald Hazoume with his work in the "Uncomfortable Truths - the shadow of slave trading on contemporary art and ...

Sculpture is another major form of traditional African art, with wood as its most popular medium. The Yoruba people of ...

The Oba of Benin is the rightful owner of the Benin Bronzes, according to an official gazette signed by then-president Muhammadu Buhari on 28 March. The priceless objects were looted from the Kingdom ...

Ngaire Blankenberg speaking at a Benin Bronze repatriation ceremony in Oct. 2022. AP Images for Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Ngaire Blankenberg, director of the Smithsonian’s National ...

It was a painting in the lobby of a Benin hotel last year that changed the way Afrobeats star Mr Eazi thought about art. “I saw this piece by (Benin-based artist) Patricorel of two skeletons sitting ...

Art Wolfe visits West African villages known for vibrant inhabitants and intense rituals. West Africa is the birthplace of Voodoo; in Togo and Benin ancestors commingle with the living. Whether it’s ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art will host +234 Connect, a unique five-day cinematic and exhibition experience celebrating the art, people and cinema of Nigeria, Wednesday, Sept. 28, ...