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

345 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction art history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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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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