The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution by Dan Hicks

The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution

Dan Hicks

336 pages hardcover 2020

6 editions

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Walk into any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are...

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