The head of the German foreign ministry’s culture department visited Nigeria last week for discussions with the Edo State Governor
Initiative by the Nigerian artist Emeka Ogboh is supported by Dresden’s state museums
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
Ghanaian-British architect is working with the British Museum and Nigerian organisations to show “the most comprehensive display in the world of Benin Bronzes”
The curator and University of Oxford professor tells us about his new book, The Brutish Museums, which details how museums themselves were “used as a unique type of weapon”
Isaiah Ogundele, who demonstrated outside the Museum of London, Docklands for the objects' repatriation, failed to appear at his court hearing earlier this month
Defendant was charged with using “threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress” during incident in January
Academics challenge the provenance of the Edo plaque as well as two Igbo alusi figures that sold under estimate for €212,500
London institution was criticised for proclaiming that it "stands in solidarity with the Black community" while continuing to resist calls to restitute colonial-era loot
Controversial statue was dismantled and thrown into the harbour during a Black Lives Matter rally
When British troops plundered the Royal Palace of Benin in the 19th century, at least 3,000 objects were dispersed internationally. A new online database is bringing them together
Project is backed by the Ernst von Siemens art foundation, which seeks “a more factual focus to the discussions about restitution”
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery wants to work in tandem with the Benin Dialogue Group, which is made up of institutions that hold the majority of the pieces
Statue of a cockerel was looted by the British in 1897 from the Court of Benin
As debate grows over Europe's 19th-century cultural plunder of Africa, the key is to ensure meaningful access
The educational display of objects, many captured during a punitive raid in 1897, have the approval of the king of Benin himself
Leading institutions absent from meeting in Nigeria to foster international co-operation
No US museums were represented at the meeting.
Cancellation follows accusations that the object was looted, although no formal claim has been made
Last of rare Benin ivories in private hands is expected to go on the market
Benin waited more than 50 years since its independence for a biennial, and now it has two
Works looted by the British and reassembled by banking heir find permanent home in Boston
Major show at the Museum für Völkerkunde includes loans from current Oba
Nigerian premier had given it to The Queen on 1973 State visit
The Nigerian Head of State raided a museum to present her with a Benin bronze in 1973
Grant shares with The Art Newspaper his conversation with Julian Spalding of the Kelingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow
Tribal art expected to do well at upcoming sales
Stolen from Jos, Nigeria, Benin bronze turns up in Zürich auction house