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 Stanley Museum of Art is now the first U.S. institution to return works to the former Benin royal family. Court officials carrying the Benin Bronzes during the restitution ceremony. Photo by ...

Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet Gallery Network—and every week, we shine a spotlight on one artist or exhibition you should know.

"N.ART.UREL" in the Pahou Classified Forest, in Ouidah, Benin. The second edition of the group exhibition opened on Wednesday ...

The traditional ruler of the Benin Kingdom in southern Nigeria has welcomed a US museum’s decision to return two precious artefacts stolen by British forces in the 19th century. In a ceremony at the ...

Paper presented at the 23rd annual meeting of the African Studies Association, Philadelphia, October 15-18, 1980. Subsequently published in Images of power: art of the royal court of Benin / edited by ...

Three pieces of Benin Bronzes are displayed at Museum for Art and Crafts in Hamburg, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Germany is returning hundreds of artifacts known as Benin Bronzes that were ...

The leopard face brass hip mask in the Allen Memorial Art Museum is the focal point for Blackmun's larger examination of the iconography of the leopard in Benin art. The leopard is a royal metaphor ...