Opening of the Museum of West African Art Institute in the Nigerian city will include a live archaeological dig ...

Mati Diop's “Dahomey” centers on the repatriation of 26 stolen Beninese objects and how it could shape the African country’s future.

As the name suggests, it is a social anthropological museum dedicated to the study and preservation of objects from all over ...

Sculpture: Sculpture is the most easily recognisable art from Africa, using materials such as wood, stone, and metal. Wood is ...

Benin’s case is far from singular ... is a foreign tongue and not one endemic to Dahomey. But though these art objects carry ...

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday said he has no regrets demolishing the Central Hospital building in Benin ...

AI-generated art can have the same effect as its man-made equivalent, so should it not be held in the same esteem? In ...

In a small gallery in Cotonou, Benin, metal sculptures of international renown adorn the walls, telling stories of construction and balance through recycled materials. These are the creations of ...

This year Benin has been chosen as the partner country of SOS Villages d'Enfants Monde. The proceeds from the benefit concert ...

What we are watching is 26 of 7,000 artefacts looted from what is today Benin by 19th-century French troops and now being readied for return to Africa. (The repatriation came after Emmanuel Macron ...

The curator and owner of the Instagram account “A Black Art History” is holding up a magnifying glass to figures typically ...

Charly d'Almeida is a sculptor in Benin who transforms scrap metal and recycled materials into pieces of art. He's showcased his work in Africa, Europe and the U.S. and says he's hoping to inspire the ...