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