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Much has been written and said of late about the Benin Bronzes and Africa’s struggle for restitution of its stolen cultural properties in general. As one of the interlocutors who has helped to revitalise this longstanding issue that continues to trigger curiosity and capture public attention, I feel obliged to share my perspective on the long struggle for the restitution of these priceless cultural assets and take stock of the journey thus far. At the centre of this global debate are the Benin Bronzes, an open-and-shut case of theft, murder and racism that transpired in 1897 and, for that r...

BERLIN —  Hundreds of German police and other investigators raided more than 20 buildings in Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg early Thursday in a crackdown on two feuding organized crime families, authorities said. Berlin prosecutors said on Twitter that two people were arrested in the raids targeting illegal drug and weapons trafficking. In addition, authorities were investigating bodily harm charges linked to a “clash of clans” between an Arabic and a Chechen organized crime family last November, prosecutors said. At that time, there were several violent confrontatio...

Art Industry News: Serena Williams Built a Professional-Grade Art Gallery Inside Her Palatial New Miami Home + Other Stories Plus, a Met trustee sells a tiny Rembrandt for more than $20 million and Cuban artists call for the removal of the country's culture minister. February 5, 2021 Serena Williams attends the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you...

  / In this picture taken in 2014, the medieval portable altar of Eilbertus a part of the Guelph treasure, is displayed at the Bode Museum in Berlin. The treasure's complicated history found itself at the U.S. Supreme Court. // AP, Markus Schreiber The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Germany on Wednesday in a dispute over artworks obtained by the Nazis from German Jewish collectors in 1935. The court unanimously rejected a lower court ruling that had allowed the heirs of the onetime owners to proceed with their claim that the sale had been coerced. At the center of the case is the Guelph...

Supreme Court sides with Germany in Nazi-era religious art dispute Feb 4, 2021 associated press FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2014, file photo, the medieval Dome Reliquary (13th century) of the Welfenschatz, or Guelph Treasure, is displayed at the Bode Museum in Berlin. Ruling in a multi-million dollar dispute over a collection of medieval religious artworks, the Supreme Court made it harder Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, for certain lawsuits over property taken from Jews during the Nazi era to be brought in U.S. courts. The justices sided with Germany in a dispute involving the heirs of Jewish art dealer...