The spots are copper discs and the eyes are made from mirrors. Benin art features people, animals and gods. Crocodiles and leopards, appear many times in the art of Benin. This brass plaque shows ...

And all this, it will be history. This 16th century brass statue shows a soldier. Europeans in Benin art were often shown holding a gun. The craft workers of Benin often showed Europeans in their art.

Flags originated on battlefields as a means of identification and hierarchy. Over the years, they have evolved to incorporate symbols significant to the countries they represent. Click through as ...

Akpata, who stated this at the opening of his campaign secretariat on Saturday evening in Benin, said he would deliver the dividends of democracy to Read More ...

By Graham Bowley and Tom Mashberg Sotheby’s opened a new salesroom and international collectors are arriving for the inaugural Art Basel Paris fair. But visiting is one thing; buying is another.

Benin prosecutors said Wednesday that three prominent men including a presidential guard commander have been arrested on suspicion of planning a “coup d’etat” in the small West African nation.

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the credentials of Akambi Andre Okunlola-Biau, the newly ...

The Smithsonian’s museums display objects from our collections that span the breadth of art and design from the ancient to the modern-day, from the whimsical to the practical. Along with our ...

Benin announced Wednesday evening that it had foiled a coup attempt and arrested Republican Guard Commander Djimon Dieudonne Trvoedjre, former Sports Minister Oswald Homeky, and businessman ...

COTONOU, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Benin's state prosecutor said on Wednesday a former sports minister and a prominent businessman have been detained on suspicion of plotting a coup. Ex-sports minister ...

History In the early days of the French Revolution, the three colours were initially brought together in the form of a cockade. In July 1789, just before the taking of the Bastille, Paris was in a ...