Trump Administration
Trump Regilds DC Statues Mar-a-Lago Style
The sprucing up of the "Arts of War" and "Arts of Peace" equestrian statues cost the public $5 million in a no-bid contract.
Monuments
Feature
A Living Memorial to Palestinian Activist Alex Odeh Takes Flight
"The Stolen Dove" is a participatory project that turns a decades-old monument into an artwork to keep the scholar and civil rights leader’s memory alive.
News
Trump Re-Erects Monument of Enslaver Removed in 2020
The statue of Caesar Rodney, a signer of the Declaration of Independence who enslaved at least 200 people, is now on display in DC's Freedom Plaza.
Book Review
Monuments Were Never Meant to Last Forever
Art historian Cat Dawson’s new book invites us to contemplate a world populated by subversive monuments — or one that does away with them altogether.
News
Lawsuit Condemns Pro-Slavery Message in North Carolina Monument
A case arguing that the Confederate statue’s inscription is a violation of equal protection is allowed to forge ahead.
News
Another Awkward MLK Sculpture Draws Mixed Responses
The 11-foot bronze unveiled in Winter Park, Florida, has been described as a "caricature" of the civil rights leader that “just doesn’t look like him.”
News
Activists Denounce Plans to Reinstall Confederate Statue in DC
The monument of Alfred Pike was the only outdoor statue of a Confederate official in the nation's capital when it was toppled by Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020.
Feature
30 NYC Monuments of Black Americans You Should Know
From Harriet Tubman to Duke Ellington, the city boasts a wealth of public art honoring Black individuals, the subject of a timely new book.
News
Charlottesville Nonprofit Seeks Artists to Transform Melted Robert E. Lee Statue
The dismantlement of the infamous Confederate monument was at the center of the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in 2017.
News
The Moon Listed Among 2025’s Most Endangered Sites
Gaza, the Qhapaq Ñan Andean road system, and more are also included on the World Monuments Watch's list of threatened cultural heritage.
Opinion
An Anti-Monument to Match Our Moment
Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial reminds us of a wound on and of this nation, and the risks of forgetting.
News
A Monument to Trans and Nonbinary Life Graces Trafalgar Square
The prismatic artwork by Teresa Margolles includes plaster cast faces of 726 people from Mexico City, Ciudad Juárez, and London.