Most of the art of Africa before this century has been lost because of its fragile materials, such as wood and textiles. But from the West African kingdom of Benin comes one of the world’s great ...

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

Those rare “Benin Bronzes” over the past century were dispersed to hundreds of institutions around the world — including the Denver Art Museum, where a 16th- or 17th-century bronze plaque is ...

The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston returned two artefacts to the Oba of Benin in a ceremony at Nigeria House in New York City. Looted during the infamous "punitive expedition" attack by British ...

Twenty-one works in Swiss museum collections were looted from Benin City when the Royal Palace was plundered by the British Army in 1897, a new report reveals. The report, published by the Swiss ...

The Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC has removed its Benin bronzes from display and is planning to repatriate artifacts that were looted by the British in ...

It was taken by Sir Ralph Moor from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897 and sent to the British Foreign Service office collection. The Denver Art Museum purchased the plaque from the Carlebach Gallery in ...

Metropolitan Museum of Art Sends Three Benin Bronzes Home To Nigeria. June 9, 2021 4:56 PM ET. ... (Borders have shifted over the years and the erstwhile Kingdom of Benin, ...