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 ancient city of Benin, the Edo State capital, witnessed an artistic rebirth when some legendary and emerging Nigerian visual artists converged on the red city for a 10-day Benin Art Fair. The ...
Edo artist, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Plaque, Mid-16th to 17th century, Copper alloy. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art will display nine works from the royal court of Benin in a ...
Left: A bronze plaque with two men holding short bows and swords. Right: A plaque showing a person with a ceremonial sword, musicians with gongs and trumpets at the bottom, and the lower-halves of ...
"The ancient kingdom of Benin is one of the most sophisticated in Africa ... In this revised and updated edition of the Art of Benin, Paula Girshick Ben-Amos explains the role played by art in every ...
The Horniman Museum and Gardens in southeast London has restituted its collection of Benin bronzes to Nigeria, becoming the first public U.K. institution of note to do so. At a ceremony held yesterday ...
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 ...
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