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“Every Monument Will Fall” in the Shadow of the...
German version see below In our conversation, Bénédicte Savoy remarked, “She would never have had such success in France as she has had in Germany.” This statement hits the core...
“Every Monument Will Fall” in the Shadow of the...
German version see below In our conversation, Bénédicte Savoy remarked, “She would never have had such success in France as she has had in Germany.” This statement hits the core...
Exploring the “Urhoto" entries on Digital Benin...
Under the Urhoto term on Digital Benib, one finds ivory heads of the Iy’Ọba alongside depictions of captives, court officials, and small figurines of various types. This Online Platform describes...
Exploring the “Urhoto" entries on Digital Benin...
Under the Urhoto term on Digital Benib, one finds ivory heads of the Iy’Ọba alongside depictions of captives, court officials, and small figurines of various types. This Online Platform describes...
The Fateful Seventh Year: The Language of “Auth...
The Hamburg “Völkerkunde Museum” around 1920. In the past ten years, visitor numbers have dropped sharply. Could this also be due to the renaming to “MARKK,” a name that few...
The Fateful Seventh Year: The Language of “Auth...
The Hamburg “Völkerkunde Museum” around 1920. In the past ten years, visitor numbers have dropped sharply. Could this also be due to the renaming to “MARKK,” a name that few...
The Benin Bronzes: Provenance, Aesthetics, and ...
The Benin Bronzes have become a focal point in contemporary provenance research, illustrating how interpretive frameworks, value judgments, and moral assumptions have shifted in the handling of African art. Earlier,...
The Benin Bronzes: Provenance, Aesthetics, and ...
The Benin Bronzes have become a focal point in contemporary provenance research, illustrating how interpretive frameworks, value judgments, and moral assumptions have shifted in the handling of African art. Earlier,...
A film about the Benin Initiative Switzerland -...
In the film Museum Rietberg | On the Trail – The Benin Initiative Switzerland, a striking problem becomes apparent: the provided transcript does not match the spoken text in several...
A film about the Benin Initiative Switzerland -...
In the film Museum Rietberg | On the Trail – The Benin Initiative Switzerland, a striking problem becomes apparent: the provided transcript does not match the spoken text in several...
Provenance Research in the Mode of Digital Benin
The self-conception of provenance research as practised by Digital Benin is shaped by a deliberately circumscribed institutional framework. The project focuses almost exclusively on objects held in public museum collections, while private...
Provenance Research in the Mode of Digital Benin
The self-conception of provenance research as practised by Digital Benin is shaped by a deliberately circumscribed institutional framework. The project focuses almost exclusively on objects held in public museum collections, while private...