Results for “nigeria”

Case

The Holy Virgin Mary and the Brooklyn Museum

When Chris Ofili's 'The Holy Virgin Mary', incorporating elephant dung, appeared in the 1999 'Sensation' show, Mayor Rudy Giuliani moved to cut the Brooklyn Museum's funding and evict it. A federal court sided with the museum.

Case

Switzerland Returns the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Looted by a British punitive expedition in 1897 and scattered across Western museums, the Benin Bronzes have become the defining test of colonial-era restitution — with Switzerland and others now returning them to Nigeria.