Restitution

Africa Depot at Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, 2015. Photo: Marion Benoit.

C& x Académie des Traces

Examining De/Colonial Traces Through Colonial Collections

In collaboration with Académie des Traces, seven emerging scholars and museum professionals explore the traces of colonial heritage.

Still from Dahomey by Matt Diop.

Restitution

Tracing the Then and Now of Restitution Through Mati Diop’s Documentary Fantasy Dahomey

Can the French restitution of some of Benin’s royal treasures constitute a new beginning? Mati Diop’s new film, Dahomey, delves this question.

Installation View

The BENIN BRONZES Roundtables

The Return of the Benin Bronzes: Part of the Past or Pathway to the Future?

Agwu Enekwachi recently participated in a roundtable discussion in Abuja on the impetus and action around the promised return of the Benin Bronzes.

Elisia Nghidishange, Ancestor Caller, 2020.  15. Triennial Kleinplastik Fellbach, 2022, Photo: Peter Hartung

Installation View

15th Triennial of Small Sculpture Fellbach

The Triennale curated by Elke aus dem Moore brings together more than 50 artists from all over the world to look at the the vitality of things.

Adjaye Associates has designed the Edo Museum of West African Art

The Benin Bronzes Restitution

A View from Nigeria

We asked 9 art professionals from the Nigerian art scene for their thoughts…

Installation View

Invisible Inventories

Absent Figures: The Difficult Questions Restitution Raises

Being asked to call something an object can be troubling, as evidenced in…

Installation view of a exhibition at the new Museum of Black Civilizations in Dakar, Senegal. Photo: Maya Varichon

Museum of Black Civilisations Dakar

Restitution Alone is Not the Answer

Looking at the histories and contemporary cultures of Black people in a global…

Unvergleichlich: Kunst aus Afrika im Bode-Museum (Beyond Compare: Art from Africa in the Bode-Museum), Installation view © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / David von Becker

Debate on Looted Art

Germany reveals Framework Principles for Dealing with Collections from Colonial Contexts

After the important report on the need for restitution of looted African artifacts…

Rajkamal Kahlon. Altered cover of Die Völker Der Erde, by Kurt Lampert, 2017. Ink and gouache on bookcovers. Courtesy the artist.

Report commissioned by French President Emmanuel Macron is out today

108 Pages On The Restitution Of Looted Art From Africa

The report comes out at a time when the subject of colonial restitution…

 


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