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Exhibition: Looted Art? The Benin Bronzes

Exhibition Photograph: Michaela HilleMuseum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MKG), Germany February 16th 2018With three bronzes from Benin, the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MKG) is opening another chapter of its exhibition series Looted Art? Provenance Research on the Collections of the MKG, an integral part of the visitor’s tour of...
SWICH Conference: Exhibiting Cultures, Exhibiting Empire, Exhibiting Europe

11th July 2018 – 13th July 2018King's College, University of CambridgeWe inhabit a time not only of global warming but increasing political heat. Across Europe, battles over citizenship, belonging and culture are intensifying. Ethnographic and world cultures museums are in a contradictory situation. On one hand, they are seen as bearers of appropriated heritage and unresolved colonial legacies. On the other hand, such museums are supported because they already connect,...