German Lost Art Foundation welcomes imminent return of Benin bronzes to Nigeria

Gilbert Lupfer, Di­rec­tor of the Ger­man Lost Art Foun­da­tion, says he wel­comes the planned re­turn of the Benin bronzes from Ger­many to Nige­ria: “This has the po­ten­tial to mark the be­gin­ning of a new era of how Ger­many deals with ev­i­dence of its bloody colo­nial past. Most im­por­tant­ly, the pro­ce­dure has been de­vel­oped joint­ly with the Nige­ri­an gov­ern­ment and nu­mer­ous stake­hold­ers in Nige­ria.”