Shalom. A one-word Hebrew prayer meaning peace. That’s even if the adults can’t bring it about in the Middle East. Maybe some ...

Artist Maslah Abdi Dahi has made it his mission to nurture creativity in Somalia's Mogadishu, where artistic pursuits are ...

A' Madonna and Child' painting by Renaissance master Antonio Solario has finally been recovered more than 50 years after it was stolen from Italy's Civic Museum of Belluno. Baroness de Dozsa had ...

Long before London installed street lights, Benin City, an ancient Nigerian capital, had already lit its streets with torches and lamps. Here’s the powerful history.

When I began exploring the history of Christianity and the art it inspired, I had no idea it would lead me to one of the closest friendships of my life. That friend was Alexei Mihailovich Lidov, a ...

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 ...

History came full circle in a powerful display of culture and justice as 119 looted Benin artefacts were returned by the Netherlands to the palace of Oba Ewuare II. The repatriation—the largest ...

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has returned two historic works of art looted from the Benin Kingdom in 1897 to the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Ewuare II.

At a ceremony Friday in New York City, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts returned two works of art that were stolen from present-day Nigeria more than a century ago. They were donated to the MFA in ...

The Dutch museum has removed 113 Benin bronzes from display and is restoring them, ahead of shipping them back to Lagos in June. The bronzes were looted from the ancient Kingdom of Benin, in ...