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Statues Also Die: On Repatriating and Reanimating Stolen Taonga

Statues Also Die: On Repatriating and Reanimating Stolen Taonga
Dahomey dir. Mati Diop

Panel Discussion following Dahomey. Free entry.

Mati Diop’s Dahomey follows the repatriation of 26 artefacts stolen by French soldiers from the Kingdom of Dahomey in 1892 as they are returned to what is now the Republic of Benin. Acclaimed Aotearoa visual artists Luke Willis Thompson and Yana Dombrowsky-M’Baye bring the conversation of repatriating stolen taonga into a local context in this lucid and nuanced discussion.  Hosted by Art News Aotearoa.

Wintergarden, The Civic

Saturday 10 August 11:15am – 12:15pm

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