The Obas used art and architecture to show their power ... Ewuare rebuilt the capital of the kingdom, Edo City, which is present-day Benin City. A wall was built around the capital and included ...

The organisation will work with Nigerian teams on the creation of a new Edo Museum of West African Art ... Benin City, formerly known as Edo, boasted earthen walls longer than the Great Wall ...

Ehrlich's The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire and Mati Diop's Dahomey both probe the tensions of transmitting memory ...

Hew Locke at the British Museum review: a dense but endlessly fascinating look at untold histories - 4/5 The artist is after ...

Benin announced Wednesday evening that it had foiled a coup attempt and arrested Republican Guard Commander Djimon Dieudonne Trvoedjre, former Sports Minister Oswald Homeky, and businessman ...

Benin prosecutors said Wednesday that three prominent men including a presidential guard commander have been arrested on suspicion of planning a “coup d’etat” in the small West African nation.

COTONOU, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Benin's state prosecutor said on Wednesday a former sports minister and a prominent businessman have been detained on suspicion of plotting a coup. Ex-sports minister ...

With cold air returning to the streets of Harvard, The Crimson’s Arts Board reminisces on their favorite artistic experiences ...

This commentary on Britain’s imperial past is no ponderous lecture, but rather an unflinchingly curious look at the subject’s ...

‘Know thyself’ it says in thick red letters on a wall at this year’s Turner Prize exhibition. Those words, a directive from ...

With over 1.5 million art objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, it’s no wonder that you’ll need weeks, if not months, to explore the most interesting collections housed there.

‘Know thyself’ it says in thick red letters on a wall at this year’s Turner Prize ... running through all four artists’ work: this is art about the urge, the desperate need, to figure ...