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Is it likely that in 100 years, there wont be any of these items in museums? i mean, i would say no, just because i think there are deals to be done that dont mean the full return, but mean you can perhaps, you know, share ownership. i love nigeria, its one of my favourite countries. but, you know, not very many other people from the outside world necessarily go there. is it a good idea to take your most beautiful creations out of museums where millions can see them and take them back home where...

While france has been burning, the war in ukraine has been grinding on and the russians do seem to be giving a little ground. there is a morale problem in the russian line. - a lot of the russian soldiers dont want to be there. - theyre not particularly well fed or commanded or led. - another darker side of ukraines war, the deserters who pay off ukrainian officials and escape to romania. there will be, i think, a reckoning — who did what, who made money out of it, who fled, who fought, who ga...

To be done that dont mean the full return, but mean you can perhaps, you know, share ownership. i love nigeria, its one of my favourite countries. but, you know, not very many other people from the outside world necessarily go there. is it a good idea to take your most beautiful creations out of museums where millions can see them and take them back home where nobody can see them? well, i suppose it depends who you are. so for the nigerians, for the nigerian state, theyve got a restitution commi...

Your life has always run through your art but when did the art start? it took off at school because i missed so much school. i stopped going to school when i was about 13 and i had to go back when i was 15, i went back for three months and i had to do three days a week by law, otherwise my mum would have been in trouble with social services and things, and ijust did whatever i wanted to do in art, and i think thats what it was, really, it had become me in a serious way and because the teachers t...

And everything, my children were at school and stuff, i doubt, i think id be censored, id have to self—censor, but i havent. my whole childhood i had no barriers, i could do whatever we wanted — i didnt have to go to school, i didnt have to brush my teeth, i could do whatever i wanted and its been like that throughout my life as an artist, i have done what i want to do. i have decided, as im older, if my work isnt going to be hung in the best museums in the world because its about rape or ab...

"loot" people would say, use that term. often they came back, they were sold, and often the costs of these items, the money that was made helped fund the raids in the first place. so, it was sort of very much part of the kind of apparatus of the state, if you like, doing this. and we now obviously look at that in slightly different terms, many people do. so, yes, there have been all sorts of claims from around the world, most high—profile would be in modern—day nigeria. so these are the so�...

Inside museums, places ive loved ever since i was a boy. and during my working life, ive witnessed something astonishing how radically theyve changed. the days of museums as grand, intimidating treasuries for dusty objects, theyre long gone. theyre becoming much more dynamic and inclusive places, less solemn, less elitist, and less west—centric, too. museums, i believe, are really having a moment, and thats what i want to explore. what i am looking for is something weird, something different. ...

Because she kind of, like, drops off the map. she was a woman, and she was a muslim... its an exciting time to be interested in museums and visual art, because a great shake—up of art history is underway, which is why ive come to istanbul, that mesmerising megalopolis that straddles two continents, europe and asia. and the interplay between western and turkish art is a fundamental part of the extraordinary collection of this place, istanbul modern. im in turkeys biggest city, istanbul. in many...

At the time and if i had not done art at school i think god knows who what it does what would have happened to me. mas would have happened to me. was there any access _ would have happened to me. was there any access to museums, galleries, culture? i there any access to museums, galleries, culture?— galleries, culture? i didnt even know— galleries, culture? i didnt even know i _ galleries, culture? i didnt even know i museums - galleries, culture? i didnt. even know i museums really existed,...

Have got so hung up on that, i wish id had a better balance. youve always throughout your work explore these really difficult, very personal issues. whats revenue to have the confidence to be so candid? if i had family and children and everything, my children were at school and stuff, i doubt, i think id be censored, id have to sell sensor but i havent. my whole childhood i had no barriers, i could do whatever we want to, i didnt have to go to school, didnt have to go to school, didnt have to go...