“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

“There is simply no moral ground for the confiscation of African artefacts in Western museums,” says the Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe

Opening online today, Art X Lagos fair to show more than 100 works about #EndSARS protests

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

Images capturing unrest will be shown during the next edition of the fair

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

In its fourth edition, Nigerian event exhibits artists from 24 countries but maintains a focus on West Africa and growing local collector base

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

Family elders give blessing to new exhibition of Yorùbá masquerade costume, stolen from Nigerian shrine room 70 years ago

Benin Dialogue Group announces three-year schedule for new Royal Museum to display looted objects now in European collections

The Iraqi-Kurdish artist examines migration and contemporary politics in his solo show at the New Museum

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