The Balot sculpture in the VMFA’s African art gallery in Richmond, Virginia on February 28, 2022. The VMFA is involved in a controversy with the White Cube, a museum in the Congo, ...

Weiss sold it in 2015 to the VMFA for $24,000. A museum spokesperson stressed that the work was acquired legally, although artists in Lusanga called their Balot NFT gambit a “digital restitution”.

The Balot sculpture in the VMFA’s African art gallery in Richmond, Virginia on February 28, 2022. The VMFA is involved in a controversy with the White Cube, a museum in the Congo, ...

Art & Exhibitions Contested Wood Sculpture Will Get Star Turn at Venice Biennale. The wooden figure was intended to contain the angry spirit of a Belgian colonizer who was beheaded in 1931.