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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 looted during the Holocaust, which this theft resembles. Britain’s invading imperial forces were...

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 the Holocaust, which this theft resembles. Britain’s invading imperial forces were after natural ...

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 change. Pressure has been building for longer than a decade for the return of thousands of objects loot...

The project addresses the need to increase community participation in exhibitions, digital learning and public programs Patrick Polk Left: Hollywood Sikh Temple, Los Angeles, February 2020. Right: Saint Raphael Catholic Church, Los Angeles, January 2020. Erin Connors | January 25, 2021 UCLA has received a grant of $1.38 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support a new endeavor called “Engaging Lived Religion in the 21st Century Museum,” that aims to expand the Fowler Museum’s ongoing study of religious and spiritual traditions in Los Angeles and around the world. With a foc...