{"product_id":"9780745346229","title":"The Brutish Museums : The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Hicks, Dan \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eConservation, restoration \u0026amp; care of artworks\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 20 October 2021 by Pluto Press in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 368 pages, 4 Tables, black and white; 18 Halftones, black and white; 16 Plates, black and white\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 28 | 352g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York Times 'Best Art Books' 2020'Essential' – Sunday Times'Brilliantly enraged' - New York Review of Books'A real game-changer'– EconomistWalk into any Western museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are all stolen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew artefacts embody this history of rapacious and extractive colonialism better than the Benin Bronzes - a collection of thousands of metal plaques and sculptures depicting the history of the Royal Court of the Obas of Benin City, Nigeria. Pillaged during a British naval attack in 1897, the loot was passed on to Queen Victoria, the British Museum and countless private collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Brutish Museums sits at the heart of a heated debate about cultural restitution, repatriation and the decolonisation of museums. Since its first publication, museums across the western world have begun to return their Bronzes to Nigeria, heralding a new era in the way we understand the collections of empire we once took for granted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491417964930,"sku":"9780745346229","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780745346229.jpg?v=1753746383","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9780745346229","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}