The Museum of Fine Arts will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on April 28, the museum announced Tuesday. The gallery opened in 2013 after the MFA accepted works lent from the collection of Robert Owen ...
A group of European tourists has called for the return of remaining artefacts looted from the Benin Kingdom by the British in 1897.The group, comprising 11 Slovenians and one Croatian, visited Benin ...
The wealthy donor who pledged them to the museum asked they be returned to him amid talks to transfer ownership to their African land of origin There is not much time left to view the masterful and ...
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Tourists advocate Benin artefacts repatriation after Edo visit
A group of European tourists has called for the return of the remaining artefacts looted from the Benin Kingdom by British forces in 1897.The tourists, comprising 11 Slovenians and one Croatian, ...
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. Commemorative head, 16th–17th century.
Thank you for your editorial on the Benin bronzes (“At the Museum of Fine Arts, a chance for justice,” April 27). However, calling for the repatriation of the plundered artworks to Nigeria erases the ...
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) recently announced the closure of its Benin Kingdom Gallery and the return of two bronzes from its collection to the emperor of Benin, the Oba, in Nigeria. This ...
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