Museums worldwide are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Here's why it matters, who's receiving them, and what it means ...

The Benin kingdom and its art went into decline soon afterward. Like the Roman Pantheon and Thomas Jefferson’s mansion at Monticello, the art of Benin flaunts the wealth gained by slavers.

As more looted art comes back to Africa, countries have wrestled with the right way to display it. That 200,000 people have lined up for a show suggests Benin has found an answer. By Elian Peltier ...

After the French parliament voted on Monday to return to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the ...

The art of the Benin kingdom, Farmer-Paellmann contends, represents the proceeds of a crime against humanity. The oba should not profit from the part his ancestors played in the crime.

What does the art of Benin tell us? Learn about animals in Benin art and how brass statues were made in this BBC Bitesize KS2 year 3/4 History guide.

Ever since the early Cubists first caught the fever in 1910, African Negro sculpture has had an important influence on modern artists. In recent months first-rate exhibitions of this art have been ...

The Republic of Benin will have a national pavilion at the Venice Biennale for the first time ever next year, joining the small but growing presence of African nations at the world’s longest ...

The ancient city of Benin, the Edo State capital, witnessed an artistic rebirth when some legendary and emerging Nigerian visual artists converged on the red city for a 10-day Benin Art Fair.

Benin-based fine artist Blessing Odigie has said despite its famous bronze works that scattered across museums and galleries in Europe and America, Benin art market is still evolving, unlike Lagos.

The first-ever Benin Pavilion at the Venice Biennale will be on display for eight months in Venice, Italy. Beninese artists Romuald Hazoumé, Chloé Quenum, Ishola Akpo, and Moufouli Bello touch ...