The Benin Art Fair is expected to begin with private viewing on November 29 from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., affording invited ...

That raid, and the removal of some of Benin's great art works, may have spread knowledge of Benin's culture to the world, but it left a wound in the consciousness of many Nigerians - a wound that ...

The kingdom of Ife developed in the rainforest in the 600s. Its art and religion influenced the culture of Benin, which began in the 900s and reached the height of its power between the 1400s and ...

Talon has vowed to use culture and tourism to boost economic ... Intellectuals, art historians and others in Benin have questioned whether a Western-style museum built with funding from France ...

They're real. Those are ones that are still in Benin. The Benin culture is known for sculpting and bronze arts. They have streets dedicated to bronze arts. It's been for some time, since the ...

An art gallery in Finland is exhibiting ... "I initially wanted to know if Benin had the same painted film poster culture as Ghana - it doesn't. But I saw painted signs for barber shops and ...

A creative revolution is set to ripple through Nigeria's cultural landscape as the Benin Art Fair 2024 (T-BAF) launches an ambitious bid to revitalise Edo State's rich creative culture and position it ...

What we are watching is 26 of 7,000 artefacts looted from what is today Benin by 19th-century French troops and now being readied for return to Africa. (The repatriation came after Emmanuel Macron ...

A new museum in the historic heart of Benin City in Nigeria is opening its first building on 4 November. The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) Institute, designed by Adjaye Associates ...

Benin Bronzes are exhibited in museums around the world, but the largest collection can be found in the British Museum. While Germany announced the return of the bronzes in its possession, some ...