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MOWAA Archeological Project Releases Findings

11/05/2025

A little more than a week from today, the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City, Nigeria, will open its MOWAA Institute, the first building to be finished of a planned 15-acre campus that will also include a …

Метки : музейбенинархеологияискусствоистория.#культура

MFA Boston Returns Two Works to Kingdom of Benin

07/03/2025

The Museum of Fine Arts Boston has returned two works of art to the Kingdom of Benin after 12 years in its collection. The transfer was coordinated and facilitated by Dr. Arese Carrington, a member of the MFA’s Board of …

Метки : реинтеграцияискусствобенин#культуравыставкаистория.

MFA Boston to Rescind Promised Gift of Benin Bronzes

04/23/2025

In an unprecedented move for a United States arts institution, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will return a promised gift of Benin Bronzes and close the collection’s dedicated gallery on April 28. The gallery will ultimately transition into a …

Метки : искусствобенинреституциямузейнаследиенигерия

Iowa Museum First in US to Return Benin Bronzes

07/20/2024

The University of IowaStanley Museum of Arton July 15 handed over twoBenin bronzesto the oba of Benin, becoming the first US institution to return the looted treasures to the former head of the royal family of Benin. The items, a …

Метки : музейштат айовасшастатуибенинуниверситетискусствосокровищакор

Documentary on Repatriation of Looted Benin Artworks Captures Top Honor at Berlin Film Festival

02/27/2024

Dahomey, a documentary focusing on the 2021 return to the Republic of Benin of twenty-six royal artifacts stolen by French soldiers in the nineteenth century, has won the Berlin International Film Festival’s Golden Bear. Its director, Mati Diop, who is …

Метки : документальныйфильмрепатриацияграбежискусствабениннаградаберлинкинофестивалькоролевски