CONF: Restitution and Beyond – The Future of Benin’s Cultural Heritage (Museum Rietberg – 26 Oct 2024)
On the occasion of the current exhibitions on Benin at the Museum Rietberg and the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich, experts from Nigeria and Switzerland will discuss the future of Benin’s…
EXH: Benin. Looted History (MARKK, Hamburg, until Dec 2022)
The colonial occupation of the Kingdom of Benin by British troops in February 1897 marked the end of one of the most powerful West African kingdoms. In consequence thousands of works of art…
ANN: DIGITAL BENIN – Reconnecting Royal Art Treasures Online Platform (Museum am Rothenbaum – MARKK – Hamburg)
With the support of the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, the Museum am Rothenbaum (MARKK) in Hamburg is opening an international project office to digitally unite the globally dispersed works of art from the…
CFP: Summer School Bénin, Processus de patrimonialisation, Porto-Novo, Bénin (17-31 juillet 2018)
Doctoral school Benin 2018