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Switzerland returned 23 artifacts to Nigeria this week, including 18 Benin Bronzes from the Geneva Ethnography Museum, the Museum Rietberg in Zurich, and the Ethnographic Museum at the University of...
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Three Swiss museums have returned 18 Benin Bronzes—royal and religious artifacts from the Kingdom of Benin—to Nigeria in a handover ceremony at the University of Zurich attended by Swiss Federal...
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ARTnews reported that Israeli optical and kinetic artist Yaacov Agam died at age 98, with the news covered by outlets including the Times of Israel, Haaretz, and the Jerusalem Post. Born Yaacov...
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“A Kind of Paradise: Colonial-Era Photography in Contemporary Art,” a group exhibition at Museum Rietberg in Zurich, brings together 20 artists to examine how colonial-era photography shaped memory...
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ARTnews profiled Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn (born 1881 in London to Dutch parents), a painter and image-collector who collaborated with Carl Jung and founded the Eranos Foundation in 1933. After moving to...
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Swiss art dealer Bruno Bischofberger, founder of the Zurich-based Galerie Bruno Bischofberger (established 1963), has died at age 86, the gallery announced on Saturday. Bischofberger helped introduce...
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The Emil Bührle Collection has been completely rehung at the Kunsthaus Zurich, where it has been on long-term loan since 2021, with 205 works on view in a display opening this week. The rehang...
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Zurich has transferred ownership of 11 Benin Bronzes held by Switzerland’s Museum Rietberg to Nigeria, following a restitution claim submitted two years earlier by Nigeria’s National Commission for...
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Zurich’s Museum Rietberg announced that it is transferring ownership of 11 Benin Bronzes from its permanent collection to the Republic of Nigeria, represented by the National Commission for Museums...