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19 cze 2023 · Such trends of the Benin Bronzes repatriation can be ascertained worldwide. Countries like Germany, U.S., and France – to name a few- have announced and actually repatriated some of the Benin Bronzes.
11 paź 2022 · Under a new agreement, the NCMM will make nine Benin bronzes available to the NMAA as loans, a Smithsonian spokesperson says.
A group of African Americans has filed a lawsuit to stop the return of some Benin Bronzes from the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC to Nigeria.
14 wrz 2022 · The repatriation of stolen objects has become a ritual of self-purification through purgation—but who it really serves is less clear than it might seem. By David Frum. A metalwork head made in...
Art transferred ownership of twenty-nine Benin Bronzes in their collection to the National Commission for Museums and Monuments in Nigeria in a formal ceremony in Washington D.C. 1. Two months later, on December 14, the University of Cambridge announced that they would be returning more than one hundred and sixteen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. 2
18 lis 2022 · With the recent launch of the Digital Benin archive and the repatriation of 31 Benin Bronzes by multiple American museums, the treatment of “Uhunmwun-Ekhue” — the bronze currently housed in the Allen Memorial Art Museum — deserves particular scrutiny.
29 lip 2022 · The migration trajectory of the Benin Bronzes. The colonial looting of objects across Africa, Asia and Latin America and their relocation to Western museums has created an enduring form of cultural and spiritual alienation for the survivors and descendants of imperial violence.
