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Imperial loot in a small-town gallery in New Zealand? The curious case of Gore’s ‘Benin bronzes’

  • Written by: Jonathan Barrett, Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Imperial loot in a small-town gallery in New Zealand? The curious case of Gore’s ‘Benin bronzes’Benin bronze sculptures, part of an exhibition in Germany in 2021.GettyImages

The Southland town of Gore is best known for its giant statue of a brown trout and the Golden Guitars country music festival. But the town’s Eastern Southland Gallery (ESG) also hosts one of the country’s most remarkable and eclectic art collections –...

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