Barnaby Phillips
Barnaby Phillips is the author of Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes (Oneworld, 2021).
Will replicas tempt museums to return looted objects more quickly?
The Chrysler Museum of Art has given a looted monolith back to Nigeria and received a facsimile in exchange. Will other institutions follow suit?
26 Jun 2023
The Met ought to have returned two stolen Benin Bronzes years ago
The museum has agreed to give back two plaques in its collection that were taken illegally from Nigeria after 1960. Why now?
17 Jun 2021
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Are frictions in Nigeria jeopardising the return of the Benin Bronzes?
With cracks appearing in the relationships of institutions in Nigeria, Barnaby Phillips wonders where the returned Benin Bronzes are going to end up