Famous for its intricate bronze works, the kingdom's art continues to influence contemporary artists across the globe. From ...

Her unflinching drive has helped shift the general attitude toward the arts in the West African country and create an active ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will return three artworks, including two Benin Bronzes, to Nigeria, accelerating a fast-moving development to repatriate the nation’s treasures, which were looted by ...

In an excerpt from his new book, Barnaby Phillips visits contemporary casters who are still making bronzes using ancient techniques. Craftsman finishing polishing the last details of a bronze ...

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. The ...

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 Benin Kingdom, which flourished from the fourteenth century until the end of the nineteenth century, produced a corpus of artworks remarkable for their artistry and technical virtuosity. Benin art ...

The largest collection of looted goods from the former kingdom resides in the UK, yet the British government is more reluctant than other countries to return the treasures to their rightful place.

Installation view of 56 Benin bronze plaques in the Africa Galleries at the British Museum in London this year. (photo by Olivia McEwan) In the latest effort to repatriate the Benin Bronzes, thousands ...

Two artifacts that were looted by British soldiers in 1897 from the Kingdom of Benin. (Kola Sulaimon/AFP/Getty Images) The world knows about blood diamonds. It’s time it learned about blood art. Last ...