colonialism
The familiar face of Winston Churchill takes on a new hue in a vibrant exhibition recently unveiled at the Serpentine Gallery, located in London's Hyde Park. In a bold move to confront the complexities of history, artist Yinka Shonibare breathes fresh life into the former-British Prime minister and other historical figures like Queen Victoria and Herbert Kitchener, challenging viewers to reconsider their legacies. Shonibare's work is a response to the contentious debate surrounding statues of figures linked to slavery, colonialism, and racial oppression. Instead of advocating for their removal...
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The ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine in Europe’s eastern fringes, Hamas’ brutal assault on Israel and the ensuing war, and the intermittent clashes between Iran’s proxies and Western forces in the Red Sea beg the question: will these conflicts result in victory, and if so, who will come out on top? In the West, Ukraine, and even Russia, the anticipation of a victorious outcome is tied to the prevailing understanding of the twentieth century as a master narrative for the future — as a go-to history, which helps to grapple with war and conflict. This narrative boils down to defeating o...
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Ernest Urtasun, the minister of culture for Spain and member of the country’s Socialist-led coalition government, announced that they would review the 17 state-run museums to “overcome a colonial framework or one anchored in gender or ethnocentric habits that have so often damaged how we see heritage, history and artistic legacies.” It’s a move consistent with many other nations’ state-run museums. Analysing the art and heritage objects for the historical baggage of European colonial nations is an act of creating a more honest and historically accurate narrative around purported national treas...
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Two of the UK’s leading national museums are set to loan back a selection of artefacts taken from Ghana over 100 years ago. The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) and the British Museum have signed a loan agreement to return 32 items of royal regalia. Most of the pieces will be seen in Ghana for the first time in 150 years. The V&A will lend 17 items, while the British Museum will send 15 pieces under the three-year loan deals – with an option to extend for the same amount of time, the BBC has reported. The items were taken during wars in the 19th century between the UK and the Asante, including a...
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By The Conversation William G. Moseley, Macalester College In the waning hours of the year's biggest climate change conference – COP27 – we learned of a deal to create a loss and damage fund. This is essentially a source of finance to compensate poor countries for the pain they are incurring because of climate change. An often-cited example of such suffering is the ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa region, which has put some 22 million people at risk of severe hunger. While some have heralded this agreement as long overdue climate reparations, others point out that the loss and damage fund...
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New York (AFP) - New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday officially returned three works of art to Nigeria that were looted in the 19th century, as museums make increasing efforts to repatriate some foreign treasures. The two 16th-century brass plaques and a 14th-century brass head from the Kingdom of Benin -- part of modern-day Nigeria -- were taken from the Nigerian Royal Palace during British military occupation in 1897, and moved to the British Museum in London until 1950 when the UK repatriated them. After their return to the National Museum in Lagos, they re-entered the art marke...
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