“You are,” Smith says as I stare at the newly exposed bright filigree of the Viking sword found in a river I have spent a ...

In the ancient town of Ouidah, located in southern Benin, the annual Voodoo Festival unfolds with a vibrant mix of dance, ...

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About 7,000 public servants make up the Smithsonian Institution. That’s a fact that Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III ...

Welcome to the ancient town of Ouidah, in southern Benin, a mecca of gods and spirits where the celebration of the annual ...

Among the first to pledge to restitute Benin bronzes to Nigeria, for instance ... was to be submitted to parliament in the ...

Some of these are on loan from institutions such as the national museums of India and Pakistan, Linden Museum in Stuttgart, and Museum of Contemporary Art in Bangkok. Why the focus on bronze?

Among the attendees was a pensioner and her daughter who brought along a unique bronze sculpture. Beadman remarked: "Well, what a charming bronze! Evocative of summer beach holidays and good weather.

A “very valuable” bronze sculpture worth £60,000 has been stolen from the garden of a world-renowned artist who said she was “upset” at the lack of progress in the investigation. Anne Curry told the ...

A bronze sculpture worth £60,000 has been stolen from the garden of a world-renowned artist. The artwork, known as La Promesse, was taken from Anne Curry's home in Saffron Walden, Essex ...

A "very valuable" bronze sculpture by a world renowned artist valued at around £60,000 has been stolen from the garden it was displayed in. Anne Curry's sculpture, La Promesse, depicts an iris ...