Germany Will Return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in 2022
Apr 30, 2021 · In one major development, Berlin’s Humboldt Forum—a new museum set to open this year—announced in March that it plans to fully restitute all of its Benin Bronze holdings. After the artifacts ...
Why the Smithsonian's Museum of African Art Removed Its Benin Bronzes ...
Nov 10, 2021 · Today, the stolen artworks—including carved elephant tusks, ceramics, portraits of obas and more than 1,000 intricate plaques—are known collectively as the Benin Bronzes.
London's Horniman Museum Will Return Stolen Benin Bronzes to …
Aug 9, 2022 · London’s Horniman Museum Will Return Stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The 72 objects were looted from Benin City more than a century ago
A New Museum of West African Art Will Incorporate the Ruins of Benin …
Nov 17, 2020 · The British Museum —also home to the Elgin Marbles, a contested collection of classical sculptures removed from the Parthenon— owns more than 900 Benin Bronzes.
European Summit to Discuss the Return of Looted West African …
Aug 31, 2017 · In 1897, a British military expedition looted thousands of valuable artworks from the Kingdom of Benin. Now, 120 years later, the saga of the seized West African art continues.
Why Germany’s Newly Opened Humboldt Forum Is So Controversial
Jul 23, 2021 · These artifacts number among the thousands of cultural heritage items looted by British forces during the violent takeover of Benin City in 1897. Today, many view the plight of the bronzes,...
Major European Institutions Will 'Loan' Looted Artifacts to …
Oct 25, 2018 · As Kate Brown reports for artnet News, precisely what items will be sent to the Benin Royal Museum, set to open in Nigeria in 2021, has not been confirmed, but the loans will include a number...
New Artwork in St. Paul's Cathedral Reckons With the British …
Mar 21, 2022 · Among the stolen objects were the Benin Bronzes—brass and bronze sculptures created by guilds working for Benin City’s royal court as far back as the 16th century and depicting commemorative...
British Museum Moves Bust of Founder, Who Profited From Slavery
Aug 28, 2020 · Take, for instance, the Benin Bronzes, a group of thousands of artifacts—including 900 brass plaques—looted from the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Nigeria during a violent 1897 raid by the ...
Albuquerque Museum Returns Long-Forgotten Cache of …
Jul 29, 2022 · The Smithsonian Board of Regents, for example, recently voted to voted to deaccession 29 Benin Bronzes housed at the National Museum of African Art.