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.

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 ...

Photography, they say, is the art of finding beauty and grace in the ordinary. With light and a camera, it becomes a canvas ...

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.

A documentary about the restitution of Benin artwork by the French government this year’s winner of the Berlin Film Festival’s top award “Dahomey,” a documentary devoted to the question of ...

Cotonou, Benin — Construction of the new Museum of Modern Art is underway in Cotonou, Benin's largest city. The museum, along with three others being built throughout the country, are part of ...

Chairman of Benin Art Fair, Mr. Osahon Okunbo, yesterday said promoting and supporting arts would enhance social cohesion across communities and transcend geographical boundaries. Okunbo ...

Young artists in Benin are breathing new life into Vodun traditions. Through slam poetry, rap and gospel, they're turning social media into a powerful tool for cultural transmission. A movement that ...

The Chairman of the Benin Art Fair, Mr. Osahon Okunbo, on Saturday emphasized that promoting and supporting the arts has the potential to foster social cohesion across communities and transcend ...

The return of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria would mark an extraordinary ... to put the Bronzes in an Edo Museum of Western African Art (EMOWAA). The Oba made his opposition clear.

Benin Bronzes are exhibited in museums around the world, but the largest collection can be found in the British Museum. While Germany announced the return of the bronzes in its possession, some ...