The return of the pieces taken from Abomey palace, which also include three totemic statues, comes as calls mount in Africa for European countries to return the colonial spoils lining their museum shelves.

It was the first time that the bracelets, made up of 112 old-cut diamonds, had ever gone under the hammer.

About 30 art galleries from across the African continent -- but also from Paris, London and Barcelona -- showed off their best pieces at a fair in Lagos this week.

After more than a year, in-person auctions return to New York this week with the sale of the Macklowe collection -- the world's most expensive to hit the market.

Experts believe the site in the Lima district of La Victoria may be linked to the culture known as "Blanco sobre Rojo," or "White on Red," which settled on the central coast of Peru in the valleys of Chillon, Rimac and Lurin, the three rivers that cross Lima. 

Mexico had called for the cancelation of the auction of 40 objects by the Artcurial house in Paris that nevertheless went ahead this week, as well as another planned next week by Christie's.

Housed in a huge mirrored, bowl-shaped depot attached to the museum in the Dutch port city, its collection of 151,000 artworks by artists including Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet will be accessible to visitors from Saturday.

Digital technology has opened the door for contemporary artists to offer greater value to society, especially in 3D printed art. Jakarta-based sculptor and multimedia artist Nus Salomo is pioneering design innovations into new and exciting fields.

Showcasing traditional dance, music and arts, Iraq's Babylon International Festival has attracted thousands of fans for the first time in two war-scarred decades.

Cemetery visitors can use their phones to scan the QR code, which links them to a website with a biography of the deceased and photos from their life.

Thousands of people, including locals and tourists, lined the route through the capital for a glimpse of the procession, which was canceled last year due to the coronavirus.

The Jogja National Museum (JNM) complex in Wirobrajan, Yogyakarta, holds a special place as a venue for underground music gigs as well as a knock-down gallery for struggling artists.

New media artist Benny Wicaksono presents a “prepper” perspective through pieces that anticipate a dystopian future.

Located in the southern outskirts of Rome, between the historic centre and the seaside suburb of Ostia, EUR is characterized by monumental buildings in white marble and travertine stone, typical of the fascist era.

The New York art collective behind Lil Nas X's "Satan Shoes" says that it seeks to criticize the concepts of "authenticity" and "exclusivity" that dominate the art market.

Thousands flocked to cemeteries in the Catholic-majority Philippines on Thursday for their last chance to visit dead loved ones before All Saints' Day.

Ending a decade-long journey as Sisir Tanah, Bagus Dwi Danto writes a personal album chronicling his pandemic struggles, using his own name.

The album was previously owned by Martin Shkreli, a disgraced executive sentenced to prison for fraud, and sold at auction in July as part of a deal to settle his debt to the US government.

The growing popularity of Russian standup sketches has attracted the watchful eye of the authorities, resulting in the arrest and deportation of a comedian this summer over a joke.

This year, the ritual, usually held in late October before Mexico's Day of the Dead festival, is taking place for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Some of the best-known authors have pandemic tales on the way, with Jodi Picoult finding inspiration in a tourist stranded abroad, while Margaret Atwood is teaming up with the likes of Dave Eggers and John Grisham on a "collaborative novel" about Manhattan residents thrown together by lockdown.

Their modern lives notwithstanding, many younger Javanese still turn to primbon for wedding planning.

Titled "The Wardrobe of Garcia Marquez," the event will mark the opening of a cultural center in Marquez' residence in southern Mexico where the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" lived and wrote for many years.

As for Tunick, dressed, in black, he stood on the roof of a recreational vehicle and issued commands on a megaphone.  

Wine was a common beverage in ancient times, served to children as well as adults, and was often used as a substitute for water, which was not always safe to drink, or as an additive to improve its taste and nutritional value.

Indonesian batik cloth, which has been recognized worldwide, became a binder of friendship between countries during the event.

The monuments in Bamiyan province had stood for 1,500 years but their destruction was ordered in 2001 by that regime -- already infamous then after banning television and imposing ultra-strict rules governing the conduct of women -- for being against the Muslim faith.

The 2021 tours, Genesis' first since 2007, has seen the line-up of Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford expanded to include Collins's 20-year-old son Nicholas on drums. The band's original trio are all now in their early 70s.

Citing a source, Interfax reported that the performer  and was crushed by a ramp during a set change.

While four women won Nobel prizes in 2020 -- close to the 2009 record of five -- the awards remain male-dominated as much of the prizewinning work dates back 20, 30 or even 40 years when fewer women reached the top levels of academic research.