Italy begins to reckon with Fascist-era colonial collections
Italy is starting to come to terms with its Fascist-era colonial past and the loot it has in its museums
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US artist Leigh recasts colonial imagery at Venice Biennale
American sculptor Simone Leigh is the first Black woman to headline the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale contemporar...
Dutch king won't use carriage criticized for colonial image
The Dutch king has ruled out using, for now at least, the royal family’s “Golden Carriage.”
German president asks country to confront its colonial past
Germany’s president has called on the country to face its cruel colonial past as he opened a new museum in the capital’s...
Black scholar: It's time France confronts its colonial past
A Black French scholar and expert on U.S. minority rights movements who is taking charge of France’s state-run immigrati...
'It belongs to us!": Tense French trial over colonial art
Is dislodging African artwork from a European museum a political statement, or a criminal act
As protests grow, Belgium faces its racist colonial past
When the Black Lives Matter protests reached Belgium, they targeted the bloodstained legacy of King Leopold II