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David Frum, “Axis of Evil” Speechwriter, Should Shut Up About Benin Bronzes 

Avatar photo by Billie Anania September 15, 2022September 15, 2022

Liberal establishment darling David Frum mocks repatriation efforts as a “ritual of self-purification through purgation.”

Posted inArt

Objects Returned to Benin by French Collectors Had Been Removed From a Contested Auction

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 28, 2020January 29, 2020

The transaction illuminates the role individuals can play in rectifying Europe’s history of colonial plunder, but it also reveals the inner workings of a system that allows such objects to land in private hands to begin with.

Posted inIn Brief

Benin Receives $22.5 Million Loan From France for New Museum

Avatar photo by Zachary Small July 17, 2019

The new museum will house the return of 26 cultural artifacts on long-term loan from France. The objects were originally seized by French troops from Benin in 1892.

Posted inNews

Protesters Request RISD Museum Return Bronze Sculpture to Nigeria

Avatar photo by Dana Heng November 30, 2018May 28, 2019

Students and faculty from the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University held an action today to request a sculpture looted from the Kingdom of Benin be returned. The museum says they have begun conversations with the Nigerian government to return the bronze.

Posted inNews

French President Wants to Return Benin’s Artifacts, But Will French Law Allow Him?

Avatar photo by Zachary Small November 28, 2018

Emmanuel Macron’s decision is a gesture of goodwill, but these objects comprise just 0.5 percent of the objects requested for restitution by the West African country.

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