News This African-Led Research Organization Aims to Change the Conversation Around Restitution With support from the Mellon Foundation, Open Restitution Africa has supported microgrants to develop case studies. By Taylor Michael May 12, 2025 11:00 am
News MFA Boston to Rescind Promised Gift of Benin Bronzes, Close Dedicated Gallery The gallery will ultimately transition into a space for displaying the MFA's collection of Nubian art. By Tessa Solomon Apr 22, 2025 4:36 pm
News Nigeria Works to Reclaim Benin Bronzes, With a Change of Custodian Nigeria's long-running effort to repatriate the Benin Bronzes—some of the most prized artifacts in African history—has taken a turn. By Daniel Cassady Feb 26, 2025 12:56 pm
News The Netherlands Will Return 113 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria The items were previously in the Dutch State Collection. By Karen K. Ho Feb 21, 2025 3:54 pm
News The Netherlands Returns 113 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, Art Forgery Workshop Busted in Rome, Cape Town Art Fair Returns: Morning Links for February 20, 2025 Here's what we're reading this morning, folks. By The Editors of ARTnews Feb 20, 2025 10:09 am
News US Supreme Court Denies Petition to Block 29 Benin Bronzes Being Restituted to Nigeria, Artist Bjarne Melgaard Sues Patrons for ‘Stealing’ His Career: Morning Links for October 14, 2024 Here's what we're reading this morning. By The Editors of ARTnews Oct 14, 2024 12:14 pm
News Iowa’s Stanley Museum of Art Becomes First in the US to Return Benin Bronzes The museum returned two artifacts from the contested collection to the Oba of Benin. By Tessa Solomon Jul 18, 2024 1:38 pm
News Nigeria’s New Museum of West African Art Calls Into Question the Future of Encyclopedic Museums The museum is set to open this fall in a sprawling 15-acre complex in Benin City. By Chidinma Iwu Feb 22, 2024 10:30 am
Artists Looting, Plundering, and More: 20 Cultural Treasures that Have Faced Claims of Theft From ancient Egyptian artifacts to a modernist masterpiece, these works have been subject to disputes. By Alex Greenberger Feb 20, 2024 9:22 am
News British Museum Has Recovered Some of the 2,000 Missing and Stolen Items Chairman George Osborne admitted the museum's security needed improvements. By Karen K. Ho Aug 28, 2023 6:06 pm
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