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

The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The ...

Robert Owen Lehman, whose forebear co-founded finance giant Lehman Bros., collected music manuscripts, directed movies, and ...

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

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is a book authored by Walter Rodney. It is a concise book that chronologically exposes the ...

The museum had sought to transfer ownership of 30 historic bronzes, originally plundered in a bloody colonial raid, to the ...

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

This exhibition claims to be the first major show of Sub-Saharan African art in the Middle East. With more than 300 objects, ...

The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA), an ambitious cultural institution redefining the role of museums in Africa, is ...

Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon exemplifies the influence of African masks on Cubism. Influenced by traditional ...

can help to teach how ancient societies organised their relationships with nature and how they dealt with changes. Art, ...