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Museum’s Benin Bronzes Are Reclaimed by Wealthy Collector
The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The ...
The Art Newspaper12d
MFA Boston to return Benin Bronzes to wealthy donor, close gallery
Boston will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on 28 April, but most of the works it had been created to display will not be ...
At the Museum of Fine Arts, a chance for justice
But now that the relationship is unraveling, the museum can — and should — pursue a measure of justice. The story begins in ...
In an extraordinary move, MFA to return prized African art to wealthy donor and close gallery
The museum had sought to transfer ownership of 30 historic bronzes, originally plundered in a bloody colonial raid, to the ...
Modern Ghana2dOpinion
FINAL BOSTON: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Returns Looted Benin Artefacts to US Holder: Half-Morality Action
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will return to Robert Owen Lehman twenty- seven Benin artefacts while keeping five of the ...
Daily Mail24d
Don't hand the Benin Bronzes back to Nigeria - the argument to return them is 'weak', former anti-racism boss says
In 2022, Oxbridge and Cambridge universities approved the return of more than 200 of their Benin Bronzes, part of a collection of some 5,000 plaques and sculptures. And the museum has since been ...
The Sun21d
Woke calls to return British Museum’s Benin Bronzes to Nigeria should be REJECTED, Sir Trevor Philips says
WOKE calls to return British Museum’s Benin Bronzes to Nigeria should be rejected, Sir Trevor Philips says. The former equalities czar said the case for sending back 900 brass sculptures was ...