Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock traveled to the West African country together with Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth. It is the largest restitution from colonial times to date. Germany had resisted this for decades. In July, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth, together with their Nigerian counterparts, signed…
Once plundered art treasures Germany returns Benin bronzes 12/19/2022, 8:22 p.m With the return of 20 Benin bronzes, Claudia Roth and Annalena Baerbock want to set an example for coming to terms with the colonial past. This is giving Nigeria back “a piece of its cultural identity,” says Roth. Minister of State for Culture Claudia…
A bronze from the Kingdom of Benin in Berlin, Germany, in July 2022. ADAM BERRY / AFP Stolen during the colonial era, they will be exhibited from Saturday September 17 in Berlin before being returned to Nigeria: the Benin bronzes and their tumultuous history testify to Germany’s progressive awareness of the injustices of the past….
“During the two decades that Luschan was in charge of the collections for Africa and Oceania at the Museum of Ethnology, he established the Berlin house as the central institution for the acquisition of ethnographic objects from the colonies,” says the anthropologist Maria Six-Hohenbalken from the Austrian Academy of the sciences. From 1889 the Berlin…
In 2005, the filmmaker and his six Bronzés found themselves under the Italian sun. He tells us about the genesis and the secrets of this third installment, which hit theaters the following year. Les Bronzés 3: friends for life, to see Sunday July 3 at 9:10 p.m. on TF1. A quarter of a century had…
On the occasion of the broadcast of the 3rd and final part of the Bronzés trilogy on Sunday July 3, 2022, from 9:05 p.m. on TF1, Télé Star explains how Marie-Anne Chazel and Michel Blanc transformed themselves for this feature film. Released in cinemas in 2006, the 3rd and final part of the trilogy of…
On the occasion of the broadcast of the film Les Bronzés 3 Sunday July 3, 2022, from 9:05 p.m. on TF1, Télé Star reveals to you what was the other feature film that the Splendid troupe was initially supposed to shoot in place of this 3rd shutter. Released in cinemas in 2006, the movie called…
Could there be a sequel to “Bronzés 3” broadcast tonight on TF1? What about a 4th part? We take stock of the latest news. Soon a 4th episode of Les Bronzés? After the huge box office of the 3rd installment Friends for Life, released in February 2006, with more than 10 million admissions, the question…
Scheduled on Sunday July 3, 2022 from 9:05 p.m. on TF1, Les Bronzés 3 is the last part of the trilogy featuring the Splendid troupe. On this occasion, Télé Star reveals whether a 4th film is planned or not. Released in cinemas in 2006, the 3rd part of tannedwhich will be rebroadcast on Sunday July…
Nigeria and Germany have signed a declaration of intent for the return of the art treasures. Some of the works stolen by the British in the 19th century are to remain on loan in German museums. Benin bronzes here in an exhibition in the Hamburg Museum of Arts and Crafts. Daniel Bockwoldt / DPA It…
Agreement on Benin Bronzes Berlin returns looted art to Nigeria 06/28/2022, 6:05 p.m Museums in Germany house extensive collections of Benin bronzes. They mostly come from looting during the colonial era. Now Germany and Nigeria agree on the return of the art objects. The first should be handed over this week. Germany and Nigeria have…
French actress Véronique Barrault, notably known for having accompanied the Splendid troupe in “Les Bronzés font du ski”, died Tuesday evening at the age of 64 in a motorcycle accident. School of Humor and Performing Arts Véronique Barrault, theater and cinema actress, notably known for having worked with the Splendid troupe, died on Tuesday May…
