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Milan Museum Commemorates Fascist Past at the Expense of the Present

Avatar photo by Charlie Jarvis August 2, 2021August 3, 2021

If it seeks to help us “avoid the errors of the past,” more will be needed from Milan’s House of Memory museum.

Posted inArt

As Site of Nazi Terror Is Repurposed, Some Reflections on Memory and Public Art in Germany Today

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka September 7, 2018September 7, 2018

In Germany, two vastly different approaches to public and memorial art are underscoring some of the tensions currently unfolding in the country today.

Posted inArt

Letting Go of Our Obsession with Memorials

Avatar photo by Michael Press August 29, 2017August 28, 2017

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.

Posted inIn Brief

Florida Man Calls for Replacing Confederate Monument with Manatee Memorial

by Claire Voon July 27, 2017

A denizen of Bradenton is petitioning the city to replace a memorial to Confederate soldiers with one for the beloved, recently deceased Snooty.

Posted inIn Brief

Typo on Indiana Monument Honors Soldiers in the War on “Terriorism”

by Jillian Steinhauer July 3, 2017

Mysteriously, no mention is made of those lost in the “War on Rugs.”

Posted inArt

In Minnesota, Listening to Native Perspectives on Memorializing the Dakota War

by Sheila Regan June 16, 2017October 22, 2020

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.

Posted inNews

Six Years After the Christchurch Earthquake, a Homegrown Memorial Faces an Uncertain Future

by Claire Voon February 21, 2017

As the official memorial to victims of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake is unveiled, an unofficial but beloved installation commemorating the dead remains in limbo.

Posted inArt

The Story of Norway’s Multiple July 22 Memorials

by Wendy Vogel November 21, 2016November 21, 2016

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.

Posted inArt

A Tour of Meownuments to the World’s Most Pawesome Cats

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 6, 2016October 10, 2016

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.

Posted inOpinion

Saying Goodbye to Tamir Rice’s Gazebo

Avatar photo by Diana Sette September 16, 2016

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.

Posted inArt

A Symbolic Wound Takes Shape in Norway to Remember the 2011 Massacre

by Karen Gardiner July 22, 2016July 26, 2016

It has been exactly five years since Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 people in Norway.

Posted inOpinion

Michael Brown’s Google Earth Memorial

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney August 5, 2015August 9, 2015

On August 4, Jessica Lussenhop (@Lussenpop) posted an image culled from Google Earth of the memorial for Michael Brown, the teenager shot to death by the former police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri last year.

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