The ancient city of Benin, the Edo State capital, witnessed an artistic rebirth when some legendary and emerging Nigerian visual artists converged on the red city for a 10-day Benin Art Fair. The ...

"Every square meter in Benin City has an artist," Victor Ehikhamenor said with a laugh. He was talking about the capital of Edo, the Nigerian State, which is famed as a historical, cultural and ...

Benin-based fine artist Blessing Odigie has said despite its famous bronze works that scattered across museums and galleries in Europe and America, Benin art market is still evolving, unlike Lagos.

"The ancient kingdom of Benin is one of the most sophisticated in Africa ... In this revised and updated edition of the Art of Benin, Paula Girshick Ben-Amos explains the role played by art in every ...

Earlier this month, the second edition of the annual Vodun Days celebration took place in Ouidah, Benin. The three-day festival, which took place on January 9, 10 and 11, celebrated Beninese art, ...

The twenty-two objects in the National Museum of African Art show a wide variety of surface conditions predominantly due to their past collection history. Many of these surfaces clearly misrepresent ...