Nigeria wants back their looted art. Nigeria's Benin Bronzes are among the artifacts looted by colonialists. Some of them will be the centerpieces at a new museum – known as the Humboldt Forum – that officially opened in Berlin today. The new museum houses thousands...
A new museum-cum-exhibition space is opening in Berlin today. But the Humboldt Forum, as it's called, is already proving controversial. On display will be some of the famous Benin bronzes, stolen by British soldiers in the nineteenth century from the Kingdom of Benin in what...
Yusuf Tuggar, der Botschafter Nigerias in Berlin, hat vor kurzem getwittert, dass Nigeria schon vor mehr als einem Jahr bei Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel die Rückgabe der geraubten "Benin-Bronzen" gefordert hat. Die kunstvollen Plastiken sollen das Herzstück des Humboldt-Forums sein. Wir haben Yusuf Tuggar nach seiner...
The opening of a new museum in a reconstructed royal palace in Berlin has been overshadowed by debate over looted art and colonialism. The Humboldt Forum, which cost more than €677m ($824m; £610m), was opening on Wednesday. There has been widespread criticism over the museum housing nearly...
The debate about looted art intensified with the opening of the new Berlin museum. The museum has been criticized for the African colonial pieces in its collection. In 2021, the museum will unveil its ethnological collection in a series of large-scale exhibitions. The planned centerpiece will be the...
"Schon 1972 bemühte sich Nigeria um die Rückgabe der Benin-Bronzen. Die Reaktion damals macht die enttäuschten Hoffnungen, die jahrzehntelangen Demütigungen und den Frust einst bittender, heute fordernder Staaten besser nachvollziehbar. Ein Gastbeitrag."...
Nigeria will Benin-Bronzen zurück Raubkunst-Streit überschattet Eröffnung des Humboldt-ForumsDie wertvollen Benin-Bronzen sollen das Herzstück des Humboldt-Forums werden. Doch jetzt fordert Nigerias Botschafter erstmals öffentlich deren Rückgabe. Read More ...