An exhibition at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum points to a burgeoning trend: museums are engaging the public more openly ...
A new generation of young Africans is adding to the pressure on Western museums to return stolen artefacts, Ernesto Ottone, deputy director general of the UN's cultural agency, told AFP on Monday.
Benin became famous for its bronzes, intricate art cast in bronze and ivory ... and wanted to achieve greater control over West African trade and territory. Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi tried to ...
Among the first to pledge to restitute Benin bronzes to Nigeria ... artefacts with his declaration in Burkina Faso that “African heritage can’t just be in European private collections and ...
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Roots 101 African American Museum: Where Legacies Matterare the Benin Bronzes. This group of sculptures created by the Kingdom of Benin illustrate the rich culture, innovation, and ...
Starting in the medieval period, a series of powerful kingdoms developed in West Africa ... of Benin Ruled by a king, known as the Oba. Edo The Oba’s palace was decorated with intricate bronze ...
The impact of imperial expansion in art highlights how subjugation and oppression are not simply a matter of territory, but also a matter of identity and expression”. Zara Hossain explores Picasso's ...
The Yuan grew rich on exports of fine textiles, ceramics and intricate art pieces like this jade belt ornament ... natural resources and seizing valuable treasures like the Benin Bronzes, looted by ...
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