Maria Varnava, the founder of the London gallery which specialises in artists from Africa and the diaspora, on opening a gallery on the continent where she grew up and why she is wary of speculators

The 27-year-old founder of Retro Africa talks about her expansion plans and how she is helping to build a contemporary art scene in Nigeria

New government initiative MuseumsLab aims to foster more international co-operation and consider topics including decolonisation and restitution

Senegalese art historian El Hadji Malick Ndiaye says discussions and decisions about the restitution of African artefacts cannot be dictated by the West

Though African institutions want looted artefacts to return home, they are more preoccupied with promoting living artists and treasures

We speak to museum experts András Szántó and Sonia Lawson. Plus, Dan Hicks on the legacy of colonial looting and National Gallery curator Christopher Riopelle on the Polish painter Jan Matejko

In a year marked by closures, cancellations and postponements, African art fairs are going ahead with new models and the continent’s galleries are growing

Ghanaian-British architect is working with the British Museum and Nigerian organisations to show “the most comprehensive display in the world of Benin Bronzes”

Senate approves bill to return 27 colonial-era artefacts from museum collections to Africa within one year

Committee will advise on cultural initiatives in the country and research Ghanaian objects held in international collections

Expected to open in 2022, Makoro will house studios for Malian artists under 30, workshops for school children and exhibitions

Move is intended to stall the sales of stakes in multi-million-Euro companies based in Portugal

Negotiations are ongoing, but the Foreign Office says releasing 1972 documents on the claim “would harm UK relations with Zambia”

Countries' rush to restitute objects is part of the problem, says Belgian lawyer

Hakanto Contemporary, sponsored by the eco-friendly Filatex group, is directed by the artist Joël Andrianomearisoa

Rabat is given the accolade just a just a week before celebration events were scheduled to take place

From Marrakech to Cape Town, the continent's growing fairs and auctions scene is catering to a burgeoning domestic buying base

Dos Santos and her husband Sindika Dokolo own around 3,000 works by artists including William Kentridge and Zanele Muholi

The time is ripe for artists and curators to reconfigure what can actually be done within the walls of a museum

This year's edition of the photography festival showed "there are many Africas", as 85 artists portrayed a multifaceted, self-aware continent

Isabel dos Santos, Africa’s richest woman, is married to Sindika Dokolo who has been working for years on repatriating works to the African continent

Spectral CT scans enabled the Dallas Museum of Art to identify unknown elements in the West African piece

But restitution depends on the adoption of a law covering these specific items, while Benin secures a location to house them

Palais de Lomé is the west African country's first major contemporary art centre and is unique on the continent for being financed by the state

The gesture is intended as a symbol of France’s commitment to repatriating African heritage

The Chilean artist’s harrowing project goes on show in the UK for the first time

The report made international headlines, recommending the restitution of African artefacts in French museums, but the country has not returned a single item to Africa

Yemisi Shyllon hopes other Nigerian collectors will follow his example and help found teaching museums that promote art education

The growing success of female African artists marks an exciting shift in the market

These notebooks reveal how the artist discovered the "real" Orient in North Africa and southern Spain and adjusted his paintings accordingly

France’s president pledged to return 26 items seized in the 19th century by the French military

Johannesburg-based FNB Joburg fair has been bought by its former director Mandla Sibeko

In the second part of a new series, Adrian Ellis examines the issue of post-colonial restitution

Artists on show will include John Akomfrah, El Anatsui and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Western interest in contemporary works from the continent is at a high, but that can be a double-edged sword

Fledgling local client base and rising international interest fuel Cape Town and Marrakech shows

Cosmos Shiridzinomwa and Georgina Maxim are the first artists to be confirmed

Woodcarving was taken from the African country in 1830 by the UK explorer Richard Lander

New exhibition at the Block Museum of Art looks at the artefacts that flowed through the region assisted by the spread of Islam

We weigh up the arguments for and against the restitution of African art taken during the colonial period with Vicky Ngari-Wilson, Nicholas Thomas and Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

Statements come just days after the release of a controversial French report on the restitution of African artefacts

A new report on the status of African objects in French museums will urge the president to return works taken “without consent” in the colonial period

Shows in Oaxaca de Juárez forge cross-cultural connections

More than a year after opening, the Cape Town museum’s curatorial and educational record has yet to live up to its promise

Applied arts institution is showing the sculptures in a looted art exhibition

Planned museum in Benin City offers safe environment for Western collections, the country says

The story behind the garment

An increased presence of African galleries at this edition of Art Dubai could signify a flourishing regional market