Leena Talvitie officially handed over a ceremonial royal stool, known as a katakle, to Beninese Minister of Tourism, Culture ...

Ancient Benin had no system of writing other than the stories told in cast brass and carved ivory. Art was the kingdom’s culture, its wealth, its literature, its memory. And then the art was ...

The exhibition, “Art of Benin From Yesterday and Today ... now it’s ours,’” Benin’s culture minister, Jean-Michel Abimbola, said in an interview. Mr. Abimbola said that it made little ...

Benin, he says, is one of the “very few countries in Africa that put arts and culture at the heart of policy”.

The Benin bronzes were a direct consequence of ... there has been a tragic underinvestment in arts and culture, with young artists, artisans, curators, archaeologists and art historians being ...

February 14: The Cleveland Museum of Art ... culture, and science Eppo Bruins said. “Cultural heritage is essential for telling and living the history of a country and a community. The Benin ...

The Museum of Fine Arts will close its Benin Kingdom Gallery on April 28, the museum announced Tuesday. The gallery opened in 2013 after the MFA accepted works lent from the collection of Robert Owen ...

Benin’s minister of culture, tourism and the arts, when we meet in his capacious office in Cotonou. He is smartly attired in a brown print ensemble and a gobi — a soft cap, flipped on one side ...

They’re real. Those are ones that are still in Benin. The Benin culture is known for sculpting and bronze arts. They have streets dedicated to bronze arts. It’s been for some time, since the ...

The Benin Bronzes are an emblem of a wider discussion over the ... Another flashpoint came in 1977, when Lagos hosted the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture. A 16th-century ...

According to Ajueshi, The Benin Art Fair’s vision is clear ... and to elevate the narrative surrounding this remarkable culture. He said through the fair, ‘we aim to reclaim Benin as the ...