“I feel that at the time of the Medici they had my kind of rapport with their artists”

The museum says the gift will play an important role in the reconfiguration of its permanent collection

France’s president pledged to return 26 items seized in the 19th century by the French military

Suggestions from controversial Savoy-Sarr report were all-but buried at a conference held in Paris

Douriean Fletcher, who made the jewellery for Black Panther, speaks at the National Museum of Women in the Arts

The London space champions emerging artists from across the globe

South African gallery is first to be confirmed for new Cork Street redevelopment which has been empty since it was finished last year

Didier Claes, who was consulted for the restitution report commissioned by French president Emmanuel Macron, says it has invigorated the market for African art

Family elders give blessing to new exhibition of Yorùbá masquerade costume, stolen from Nigerian shrine room 70 years ago

Woodcarving was taken from the African country in 1830 by the UK explorer Richard Lander

New exhibition is dedicated to Margaret Demant—a passionate booster of the Detroit Institute of Arts’ collection

New exhibition at the Block Museum of Art looks at the artefacts that flowed through the region assisted by the spread of Islam

Javett Art Centre at University of Pretoria will display 800-year-old gold collection excavated in the 1930s

Recommendations from Savoy-Sarr report into restitution by French museums may contravene the country’s laws

A new report on the status of African objects in French museums will urge the president to return works taken “without consent” in the colonial period

South African artists are enjoying a growth in overseas interest, as seen in London this month

Our pick from this week's fairs and auctions

Congolese-born art collector Sindika Dokolo says this "long-neglected historical wrong" is finally being addressed—but more can be done

Seized during the Ashanti war and long held by the London museum, the prized Ghanaian work is to be displayed in a new permanent gallery

Dundo Museum's lost objects were traced by the Sindika Dokolo Foundation

First US survey of Bodys Isek Kingelez shows how his sculptures addressed urban, social and economic concerns in Congo

Applied arts institution is showing the sculptures in a looted art exhibition

Planned museum in Benin City offers safe environment for Western collections, the country says

Staff from Africa's first mega museum have defected to the new private institution

Stop the press!

An increased presence of African galleries at this edition of Art Dubai could signify a flourishing regional market

New fair brings contemporary African art home, but jury is out as to whether a commercial event can replace a public exhibition

Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions

Macaal’s international launch coincides with city’s first 1-54 Contemporary African Art fair

Known as the Bangwa Queen, the object was either given to or looted by the German colonial agent Gustav Conrau