Twenty-six stands span the four floors at the fair’s new Harlem space

The move may complicate plans to house the works in future museums such as the Edo Museum of West African Art

Scholar discusses restitution issue, saying that "no culture has an absolute view on looking at the world"

Doubts surface in media over Nigeria’s museum infrastructure

Nigeria’s art market has exploded in recent years—a newly elected government may now fund and build a museum sector

Plus, the Met: a guard’s memoir and Hubert Robert at Stockholm's Nationalmuseum

Many of the works investigated show a direct link to the violent 1897 raid by British forces, and may lead to the transfer of objects to Nigeria

The agreement—signed by the two countries in July—involves the return of 1,100 objects in total

"Digital Benin" catalogue gathers together information on objects stolen from the Kingdom of Benin and now held in collections around the world

Plus, contemporary art in Lagos and Chagall's falling angel

Major restitution development coincides with publication of new Arts Council England guidelines

More than 1,100 looted items will be transferred though some artefacts will remain on loan to German museums

Berlin Biennale conference will focus on "decolonising" arts and culture

The five-year memorandum of understanding comes at a moment when Nigeria is taking increasingly proactive measures to secure its patrimony and recover artefacts that were looted and stolen

Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle seeks "proactive repatriation" after "forceful removal" by British troops in 1897

Government museums body takes control of repatriated artefacts after ruler of Benin challenges new trust set up to unify Nigerian claimants

The museum is “eager to work with the relevant parties in Nigeria” to restitute the sculpture

Two 16th century brass plaques and a 14th century Ife head have been returned to Nigeria

“We cannot build for the future without making our best effort at healing the wounds of the past,” the museum’s director says

Following restitution of a cockerel sculpture by Jesus College, the University of Aberdeen will hand over another looted artefact in a ceremony today

A contract transferring ownership to Nigeria is planned for spring 2022

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

The 17th-century oba head was plucked from the Nigerian National Museum and given to Elizabeth II as a thank-you gift

The Benin Court plaques donated in 1991 with more than 150 other works, have been deaccessioned, while a third object, an Ife Head offered for purchase, will instead be restituted

“We are facing up to our historical and moral responsibility”, says culture minister Monika Grütters

Around 160 institutions hold looted Benin artefacts, but how many are prepared to give them back? We asked museums in five countries for their position on restitution

With institutions across the globe rethinking their views on restitution, the African country’s focus is now on making a home for its heritage

As restitution momentum builds, director of Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art says it could lead discussions for the return of looted Benin objects in US museum collections

The exhibition will include around half of Berlin’s collection of Benin bronzes as Germany lays groundwork to return them to Nigeria

Plus, the newly discovered Van Gogh is sold and artist Rana Begum on Tess Jaray