Articles from 2024

A bronze plaque depicting a figure

Stanley Museum of Art becomes first U.S. institution to return Benin Bronzes directly to Nigerian royal familyJo

Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Iowa Public Radio
Two men wearing white, holding art objects and smiling

University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art returns Benin Bronzes

Monday, July 29, 2024
Philanthropy News Digest
A wooden object with carvings in the shape of a hen

Iowa Paves Path for Museums With Landmark Restitution of Benin Bronzes

Sunday, July 28, 2024
Maya Pontone
Hyperallergic
A person in a suit handing an object to a person in red robes sitting on a red throne as an audience looks on

University of Iowa museum returns Benin artifacts to royal family in Nigeria, 127 years after British massacre

Sunday, July 28, 2024
Elijah Decious
The Gazette
A person in a suit presenting the news standing next to a tv screen that reads "Returning Artifacts"

UI Stanley Museum becomes first in the U.S. to return looted Benin Bronzes

Friday, July 26, 2024
Iowa's News Now (CBS2)
A group of people standing in front of a white palatial building

Iowa Museum First in US to Return Benin Bronzes

Friday, July 19, 2024
Artforum
Two men wearing white and a women wearing a pink and blue dress, walking ahead. The men are holding art objects.

Iowa Museum Makes Historic Repatriation of Benin Bronzes

Friday, July 19, 2024
Artnet
Two men wearing white, holding art objects and smiling

Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Friday, July 19, 2024
The Collector
A man sitting on a red throne dressed in red robes holds up a wooden object

Iowa’s Stanley Museum of Art Becomes First in the US to Return Benin Bronzes

Thursday, July 18, 2024
ARTnews
A photo of a linoleum block print; printed in red ink, the image is of Keith Haring, a young man wearing glasses, with vibrant, childlike imagery, reminsicent of his artwork, swirling around his head.

Marta Leira: Inspired by Keith Haring

Sunday, June 9, 2024
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A junior at the University of Iowa and a former Horn Elementary student (2008 - 2014), Marta Leira has enjoyed learning about Haring's life and legacy, creating portraits of the artist for her class, "Printmaking and the Politics of Protest." Click this link to learn more about Marta's work on Haring for her class, and how, in her mind, he embodies 'Good Trouble.'
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