Artist community in Lagos couldn’t have wished for a more merrier and rewarding week than penultimate week, when the National Museum, Onikan, Lagos hosted a solo travelling exhibition by Dr. (Princess ...

After a successful maiden edition last year, the second edition of The Benin Art Fair, with the theme Legacy and innovation: Celebrating the Past, Present, ...

A Benin chief is seeking court order to stop MOWAA from using Benin artefacts without Oba’s approval. A member of the Benin ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Victor Ehikhamenor describes his childhood in Benin City, Nigeria, as magical. “My grandfather was a big ...

This essay traces the origins of the kingdoms of Benin and Dahomey, the rise of the bronze art culture in the Bight of Benin, contact with the Europeans, and how their artistic productions came to ...

The Federal High Court has been urged to restrain the promoters of the controversial Museum of West African Contemporary Culture and Arts (MOWAA) and ...

Nigeria's government has received two Benin bronzes repatriated from a US museum, marking a milestone in its effort to reclaim its looted cultural heritage ...

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to safeguarding the sanctity of Benin culture and tradition. Mr Okpebholo said this while addressing hundreds of ...

The Federal High Court has slated November 27 to hear a suit seeking to declare the Oba of Benin as the rightful person to determine ...

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.