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Margaret Thatcher Statue Egged Within Hours of Unveiling

by Billy Anania May 17, 2022May 18, 2022

Jeremy Webster of Leicester University’s Attenborough Arts Centre reportedly pelted the statue from behind a fence.

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How a Racist Statue in Iceland Ended up Inside a Rocket Ship

by Sarah Rose Sharp May 5, 2022May 6, 2022

Artists Bryndís Björnsdóttir and Steinunn Gunnlaugsdóttirand said they wanted to symbolically launch “The First White Mother in America” into space.

Posted inOpinion

A Removed Columbus Monument in Chicago Makes a Baffling Return

by Rebecca Zorach April 25, 2022April 25, 2022

“When monuments mislead, they are taking space that could go to other, more accurate histories, or to artworks that pose questions instead of asserting answers.”

Posted inOpinion

Why the Columbus Monument in Santo Domingo Still Stands

by Jennifer Baez April 12, 2022April 13, 2022

To displace the bronze statue would be to destabilize the very idea of nation and surrender the coveted allure of primacy in the Americas.

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Bronze Public Sculpture by Kehinde Wiley Heads to St. Louis

by Valentina Di Liscia March 2, 2022March 3, 2022

The piece will be installed at the new campus of Doorways, a nonprofit that helps individuals living with HIV/AIDS.

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Hours Before King of Spain’s Visit, Ponce de León Statue Toppled in Puerto Rico

by Jasmine Liu January 24, 2022January 25, 2022

A group called the Boriken Libertarian Forces toppled the monument hours before King Felipe VI of Spain’s visit.

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Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Monument Will Be Melted Down and Turned Into a New Artwork

by Jasmine Liu December 10, 2021December 10, 2021

The statue was at the center of the notorious, racist “Unite the Right” rally in 2017.

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Activists Speak Out Against Plan to Relocate NYC’s Controversial Roosevelt Statue to North Dakota

by Valentina Di Liscia November 29, 2021November 30, 2021

The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara (MHA) Nation says tribal leaders were not consulted regarding the relocation of the statue.

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What Does It Take to “Kill” a Monument?

by Valentina Di Liscia October 14, 2021October 14, 2021

A research project tracks every statue of a racist figure that fell last summer — and suggests the possibility of their resurrection is looming.

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Violence Is The Most Common Subject of Commemoration in US Monuments

by Valentina Di Liscia October 3, 2021October 1, 2021

A new report lists the top 50 figures represented in US monuments. They’re mainly white, male, and vicious.

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Criticism Grows Around Artist Chosen to Replace Mexico City’s Columbus Monument

by Valentina Di Liscia September 13, 2021September 13, 2021

“[We] find it inadmissible that Pedro Reyes, a male artist who does not identify as Indigenous, was selected to represent ‘the Indigenous woman,'” says the group.

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“It Makes One Speechless”: 350 Sculptures Invoke First Enslaved Africans

by Emily Wilson July 4, 2021July 2, 2021

Dana King’s sculptures surround a plinth in San Francisco that formerly held a statue of Francis Scott Key, an anti-abolitionist.

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