News
New NYC Memorial Honors Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Victims
Over 500 people gathered at the site of the historic factory fire in commemoration of the 146 garment workers who died over a century ago.
Memorials
Opinion
Milan Museum Commemorates Fascist Past at the Expense of the Present
If it seeks to help us “avoid the errors of the past,” more will be needed from Milan's House of Memory museum.
Test 2018 posts
As Site of Nazi Terror Is Repurposed, Some Reflections on Memory and Public Art in Germany Today
In Germany, two vastly different approaches to public and memorial art are underscoring some of the tensions currently unfolding in the country today.
Art
Letting Go of Our Obsession with Memorials
Over the past 50 years we have encountered the incentive to value every material trace of the past more and more, like we are a society with collective hoarding anxiety.
In Brief
Florida Man Calls for Replacing Confederate Monument with Manatee Memorial
A denizen of Bradenton is petitioning the city to replace a memorial to Confederate soldiers with one for the beloved, recently deceased Snooty.
In Brief
Typo on Indiana Monument Honors Soldiers in the War on “Terriorism”
Mysteriously, no mention is made of those lost in the "War on Rugs."
Art
In Minnesota, Listening to Native Perspectives on Memorializing the Dakota War
The outcry over Sam Durant's sculpture at the Walker Art Center has provoked reflections on past memorials for the US–Dakota War, and how Dakota Nation voices continue to be ignored.
News
Six Years After the Christchurch Earthquake, a Homegrown Memorial Faces an Uncertain Future
As the official memorial to victims of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake is unveiled, an unofficial but beloved installation commemorating the dead remains in limbo.
Art
The Story of Norway’s Multiple July 22 Memorials
Jonas Dahlberg’s "Memory Wound" has been in the international spotlight, but two other memorials commemorate Anders Behring Breivik's 2011 massacre in different, subtler ways.
Art
A Tour of Meownuments to the World's Most Pawesome Cats
Istanbul unveiled a tribute to its local beloved feline this week, but it's hardly the first time a cat has been immortalized in bronze.
Opinion
Saying Goodbye to Tamir Rice's Gazebo
CLEVELAND — Shingle by shingle, a crew of workers began the three-day process of taking apart the gazebo at the Cudell Recreation Center where sixth grader Tamir Rice was shot and killed by police within two seconds of their arrival.
Interview
A Symbolic Wound Takes Shape in Norway to Remember the 2011 Massacre
It has been exactly five years since Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 people in Norway.