The Aiguobasinmwin Movement in a peaceful protest in Benin City on Thursday urged Governor Monday Okpebholo to immediately ...

And all this, it will be history. This 16th century brass statue shows a soldier. Europeans in Benin art were often shown holding a gun. The craft workers of Benin often showed Europeans in their art.

Many of the artists being shown have experienced recent international interest through their inclusion in the 2022 exhibition “Benin Art: Yesterday and Today” held at the Palais de la Marina ...

The spots are copper discs and the eyes are made from mirrors. Benin art features people, animals and gods. Crocodiles and leopards, appear many times in the art of Benin. This brass plaque shows ...

Benin’s case is far from singular ... is a foreign tongue and not one endemic to Dahomey. But though these art objects carry ...

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to director Mati Diop about her new documentary, "Dahomey." The film follows the return of royal treasures plundered by French forces.

in the small West African country of Benin. He used to paint barber shop signs for a living. But now he is a bona fide artist. An art gallery in Finland is exhibiting a series of portraits painted ...

From a historical perspective, the origins of Benin beads trace back to ancient times, when they symbolized the economic ...

Opening of the Museum of West African Art Institute in the Nigerian city will include a live archaeological dig ...

What we are watching is 26 of 7,000 artefacts looted from what is today Benin by 19th-century French troops and now being readied for return to Africa. (The repatriation came after Emmanuel Macron ...