Asante ‘Crown Jewels’ Displayed, Biden Forgives $6.1 Billion Art Student Debt, Stolen Frank Auerbach Work to Auction, and More: Morning Links for May 2, 2024
02-05-2024 14:39 via artnews.com

Asante ‘Crown Jewels’ Displayed, Biden Forgives $6.1 Billion Art Student Debt, Stolen Frank Auerbach Work to Auction, and More: Morning Links for May 2, 2024

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESGOLDEN DISPLAY. The Asante golden “crown jewels,” looted by British troops have gone on display in Ghana’s Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, to jubilant celebrations, reports the BBC. The 32 items are on loan from London’s Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) and the British Museum to the Asante King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II for three
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