Who Should Control the Benin Bronzes

Katie and Steve speak with their colleague Eden Burgess and guest Dr. Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba, Curator of African Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art and an expert in Benin Bronzes, about the artistic history of Benin City in current day Nigeria, the fate of the Benin Bronzes that dispersed around the world after the British invasion and looting of Benin Kingdom in 1897, and how we should think about ownership and possession of these valuable objects today. Notes for this episode: Follow the Art Law Podcast Instagram: TikTok: Katie and Steve discuss topics based on news and magazine articles and court filings and not based on original research unless specifically noted.

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Who Should Control the Benin Bronzes is an episode from The Art Law Podcast by Steven Schindler.

This episode is 01:23:21 long.

This episode was published on Jan 13, 2025.

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