“Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100–1900,” now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, aims to change this. In an ambitious array of some 200 artworks spanning eight ...

These are pendants worn by high ranking officials in Benin The Netherlands says it will return more than 100 Benin Bronzes that British troops looted from Nigeria in the late 19th Century and ...

The return of the Benin Bronzes, looted by British colonial forces in 1897, has become a rallying cry for Nigeria’s cultural restitution movement. Despite promises from Western institutions to ...

Nigeria is expecting the repatriation of 119 looted Benin bronzes from the Netherlands. The Federal Government had made a formal request for the repatriation of the artefacts, which were looted ...

The exhibition Eternal Offerings: Chinese Ritual Bronzes from the Minneapolis Institute of Art at Manhattan’s China Institute Gallery showcases one of the world’s greatest collections of ...

ABUJA, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The Netherlands has agreed to return more than 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, the latest European country to return cultural artefacts to Africa, the Dutch embassy in ...

The Netherlands is on Wednesday returning 113 stolen works of art known as the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, culture minister Eppo Bruins has confirmed. The bronzes were stolen by British soldiers from ...

LAGOS - Nigeria's national museum commission will be responsible for retrieving and keeping priceless Benin Bronzes, taking on the task with the assent of the royal ruler appointed sole owner and ...

It’s been described as the single largest return to date of the famous Benin antiquities looted by the British military. Left to right: "Worked elephant tusk" (1500–1891), Benin; "Head of a ...

The Netherlands has pledged to return to Nigeria no fewer than 199 Benin Bronzes looted by British troops who invaded the Benin City in the late 18th century. The European country made this known ...