As the bitter, bloody French colonial war in Algeria was winding down to defeat in 1960, President de Gaulle realized that the age of empire was ending and used his enormous prestige to grant ...

Art World In a Groundbreaking Report, Experts Advise French President Macron to Begin the ‘Restitution’ of Looted African Art. The authors of the highly anticipated document make far-reaching ...

Of the estimated 90,000 African artworks in French museums, around 70,000 are at Paris' Quai Branly museum, created by former President Jacques Chirac, who was a keen admirer of African and Asian art.

Shows at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Walters Art Museum encompass paintings, mosaics, sacred texts and other artifacts in their explorations of religion and history.

French Colonial endeavor in West Africa began in 1637 when various generals and wealthy French men started exploring the continent. General Louis Faidherbe, who ended up becoming the colonial ...

So far, France is preparing to give back 26 works of African art — out of some 90,000 works believed held in French museums, most in the Quai Branly. (AP) Read next ...