Sketching the Benin Bronzes at the Met

Sketching the Benin Bronzes at the Met

by | May 10, 2021

On a recent Friday as the pandemic lockdown was lifting, I spent the day sketching at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  On my list was the Benin Bronzes, spectacular sculptures which bear the stigma of colonial plunder, and have a dark and bloody history that belies...