News
Only 110 Confederate Monuments Have Been Removed, While 1,728 (and Counting) Remain
The Southern Poverty Law Center has tallied nearly 2,000 Confederate symbols in public spaces, from monuments to schools named for Confederate figures.
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Art
Six Strategies for Dealing with Controversial Monuments and Memorials
Communities across the nation (and even the world) have generally used the following options in dealing with contentious public monuments and memorials.
Interview
Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu Talks Social Justice, Confederate Statues, and the Way Forward
Last week, Hyperallergic sat down with former mayor Mitch Landrieu to talk about the lessons he had learned in the process of removing Confederate monuments from New Orleans.
Art
Baltimore's Confederate History Seen Through the Lens of Intersectional Feminism
Lauren Frances Adams offers three bodies of work that celebrate black female exceptionalism and expose the supporting roles of white women in US Confederate history and propaganda, offering a multifaceted site-specific, visual history lesson centered in Baltimore.
Art
What a Year of Grief Taught Me About Monuments and Memorials
How personal loss, grieving, and memorialization can humanize and illuminate the controversies around monuments.
Opinion
As Confederate Monuments Fall, Do They Epitomize America’s Illness?
The recent removal of statues of Jefferson Davis and Nathan Bedford Forrest illuminates the many problems with the memorial landscape in Memphis and throughout the United States.
In Brief
Memphis Takes Down Two Confederate Monuments, Including Statue of KKK Leader
The city sold two parks to a nonprofit, allowing it to remove the statues of Jefferson Davis and Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Art
In Atlanta, Considering Which Confederate Monuments Should Go
From cemetery monuments and statues allegorizing reunification to an obelisk that functions as propaganda for "Lost Cause" rhetoric, the city's monuments make a blanket approach impossible.
Art
Reimagining Monuments to Make Them Resonate Locally and Personally
Instead of returning to a model of permanently memorializing an illusory and grandiloquent past, why not consider commissioning temporary commemorative works rooted in local community histories and struggles?
News
NYC Wants Citizens’ Input on Public Monuments and Markers That May Support Hate
The Mayor's Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers has launched a seven-question survey asking for public feedback about potentially hateful monuments.
Art
In Germany, a Curious Obsession with Cults, Icons, and Ethno-Nationalist Movements
KULT! Legends, stars and images, investigates how the Zeppelin legacy can be read through categories of cults that persist today.
Opinion
When Should the Removal of Confederate Monuments Stop?
Where does it stop, President Trump asked, referring to the increasing outcry against Confederate monuments. We can hardly be surprised that he doesn’t understand what the Confederacy stood for.