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Épaphras Dègnon Toïhen, Les Vivants (2021). ©Presidence du Benin.

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As 26 Looted Treasures Go on View in Benin Republic, the West African Cultural Community Is Asking What Happens Next | Artnet News

4 months ago

Photograph of an ancestral shrine at the Royal Palace, Benin City taken during the visit of Cyril Punch in 1891. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. EEPA.1993-014.

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Benin Bronzes Are Scattered All Over World. We Asked Museums That Hold Them Where They Stand on Restitution | Artnet News

May 18, 2021

In a Historic Move, Germany Has Entered Into Talks to Definitively Return the Contested Benin Bronzes to Nigeria | Artnet News

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In a Historic Move, Germany Has Entered Into Talks to Definitively Return the Contested Benin Bronzes to Nigeria | Artnet News

March 23, 2021

Benin brass plaque (16th- 17th century) showing Benin court officials flanking a palace entrance or altar. 2020 © Trustees of the British Museum.

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Starchitect David Adjaye’s Museum of West African Art in Nigeria Will Be Literally Built Into the Ruins of the Former Benin Palace

November 16, 2020