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Editor’s Note “Broad early modern comparative projects often fail to address Africa at all. A search of the MLAIB [Modern Language Association International Bibliography] finds that the number of pieces published in the last thirty years on the subject of ‘globalization’ is in the thousands, and yet only 5 per cent of them address Africa or African countries. When it comes to eighteenth-century studies, the exclusion is total: not one of the pieces on globalization addresses Africa o...

LOS ANGELES – At least six sculptures, potentially as many as 19, stolen during an 1897 massacre by British colonists in Africa have been sitting quietly in two Los Angeles art museum collections for the past half-century. That status is likely to change. Pressure has been building for longer than a decade for the return of thousands of objects looted from the Royal Palace in Benin City, located in what is southern Nigeria. Repatriation of Benin art is as essential as restitution for art l...

Print At least six sculptures, potentially as many as 19, stolen during an 1897 massacre by British colonists in Africa have been sitting quietly in two Los Angeles art museum collections for the past half-century. That status is likely to change. Pressure has been building for longer than a decade for the return of thousands of objects looted from the Royal Palace in Benin City, located in what is southern Nigeria. Repatriation of Benin art is as essential as restitution for art looted during...

Editors Note “Broad early modern comparative projects often fail to address Africa at all. A search of the MLAIB [Modern Language Association International Bibliography] finds that the number of pieces published in the last thirty years on the subject of globalization is in the thousands, and yet only 5 per cent of them address Africa or African countries. When it comes to eighteenth-century studies, the exclusion is total: not one of the pieces on globalization addresses Africa or African cou...

Commentary: Two L.A. museums hold art looted during an African massacre a century ago Christopher Knight © (Don Cole / UCLA Fowler Museum ) An 18th century belt mask by the Edo peoples is decorated with frogs. (Don Cole / UCLA Fowler Museum ) At least six sculptures, potentially as many as 19, stolen during an 1897 massacre by British colonists in Africa have been sitting quietly in two Los Angeles art museum collections for the past half-century. That status is likely to cha...

Germany Sets Out Plans to Return Benin Bronzes The government, regional legislators and major museums said they would make “substantial” returns of the famous West African artifacts starting next year. Hundreds of Benin Bronzes had been set to go on display at the Humboldt Forum, a new museum in Berlin.Credit...Felix Brüggemann for The New York Times April 30, 2021 Germany will begin returning a “substantial” number of the priceless artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes from its museums...

Treasures looted in a British military attack on the royal palace of Benin in 1897 are scattered between as many as 160 museums and institutions worldwide © Katherine Hardy Germany set the stage for a global movement to restitute colonial loot with its March announcement that it plans to hand over the Benin bronzes to Nigeria. The return of the treasures—which were looted in a British military attack on the royal palace of Benin in 1897—from as many as 25 German museums...

New Directors/New Films Film at Lincoln Center holds the 50th anniversary edition of its film series online. It opens with Amalia Ulman’s El Planeta and closes with Theo Anthony’s All Light, Everywhere. The 2021 festival introduces 27 features and 11 shorts to audiences nationwide through MoMA and FLC virtual cinemas, and to New Yorkers at Film at Lincoln Center. COST: $12 per rental, $275 for all-access passes; MORE INFO College Pathways Reporter Jill Replogle hosts a Q&A session with hi...

SuperHorses, WildEgo Two comedy teams come together for a night of comedy. Performers include Stephanie Allynne, Jeremy Carter, Matt Gourley, Mary Holland, Lauren Lapkus, Mark McConville, Paul F. Tompkins and Erin Whitehead Tuesday, April 20; 5:30 p.m. 420 Double Feature: Half Baked & Pineapple Express The Mint Enjoy a night of comedy and 4/20-themed movies. Half Baked screens at 6:30 p.m. followed by Pineapple Express at 9 p.m. with comedy sets from Holly Anabel Brown and Kane Holloway. Prop...

Check out comedians doing a Bling Empire live-read and fundraiser. Explore afroLAtinidad. Listen to Talib Kweli discuss his new memoir. Catch a screening of a documentary about legendary L.A. fight venue the Olympic Auditorium. Watch Q&As with the cast and creatives behind films Never Rarely Sometimes Always and The Father. Films.Dance The new global film series with a focus on international dance films features 150 artists from 25 countries participating in 15 short films that were shot dur...