St. Michael’s Sword” is a line that follows the locations of seven sanctuaries dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel from ...

There is a profound truth in Shakespeare’s timeless words that “the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes”—a sentiment strongly reflected in the wave of sorrow and homage that followed ...

After the French parliament voted on Monday to return to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the ...

Civil servants felt frustrated after Prime Minister John Major returned the 13th-century artefact 30 years ago, newly ...

The Museum of Fine Arts Boston has returned two works of art to the Kingdom of Benin after 12 years in its collection. The ...

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

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston returned two works of art to His Royal Majesty Omo N’Oba Ewuare II, Oba of Benin on Friday, June 27, in a ceremony at the Nigeria House in New York City, according to ...

Object Details Maker Benin kingdom court style Edo artist Label Text This mask is worn during the Ododua masking ceremony that protects the king and commemorates the founding of the Benin kingdom. It ...

The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II has recounted how the immediate past governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki withheld statutory funding for his Palace for seven months.

Leaders at the Museum of Fine Arts were in New York Friday to return a pair of disputed artworks looted during a notorious 19th-century British raid on the Benin kingdom, in present-day Nigeria ...

While Benin Bronzes remain the most visible symbols of colonial theft, Nigeria’s stolen heritage stretches further: the Nok terracottas, the Yoruba ibeji figures, the Ife bronze heads.

At a ceremony Friday in New York City, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts returned two works of art that were stolen from present-day Nigeria more than a century ago. They were donated to the MFA in ...