Though NGA organises an annual art exhibition in Benin during the popular Igue festival, this particular edition was dedicated to the new oba. Some of the artists praised the exhibition.

Looted during the infamous "punitive expedition" attack by British forces on the Kingdom of Benin in 1897, these works of art—a bronze relief plaque and a terracotta and iron head—will be ...

At a ceremony Friday in New York City, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts returned two works of art that were stolen from present-day Nigeria more than a century ago. They were donated to the MFA in ...

In 1897, a British military expedition looted thousands of valuable artworks from the Kingdom of Benin. Now, 120 years later, the saga of the seized West African art continues.

Restituted works of art will eventually be displayed at the Edo Museum of West African Art, which is scheduled to open in Benin City in 2025.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art will display nine works from the royal court of Benin in a special exhibition opening Monday, June 3. These artworks were some of the 29 pieces that ...

In June, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York announced that it will be sending three objects back to Nigeria. Two of the works, a pair of 16th-century Benin Court brass plaques of a ...

Wooden royal statues of the Dahomey kingdom, dated 19th century, at Quai Branly museum in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File) “We need to be honest with ourselves.