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

The high court filing follows a brief order from a federal appeals court that kept in place a court order blocking the policy ...

Boston will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on 28 April, but most of the works it had been created to display will not be repatriated to their place of origin. Instead, all but five of the objects ...

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

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 ...

The spots are copper discs and the eyes are made from mirrors. Benin art features people, animals and gods. Crocodiles and leopards, appear many times in the art of Benin. This brass plaque shows ...

And all this, it will be history. This 16th century brass statue shows a soldier. Europeans in Benin art were often shown holding a gun. The craft workers of Benin often showed Europeans in their art.

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 ...

The Headlines MAJOR BENIN BRONZE RETURN ... following the recommendation of a committee dedicated to the issue. ART FORGERY WORKSHOP UNCOVERED IN ROME. A workshop producing fake Picassos and ...

The German government returned some of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria– 125 years after they were stolen by the British troops in 1897. Cultural historian, art and heritage specialist Dr. Oluwatoyin ...