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Who Gets to Honor Native Women in the US? 

Avatar photo by Taylor Michael 15 hours agoFebruary 7, 2023

“Dignity of Earth and Sky,” unveiled in 2016, raises questions about who should depict Native people and how they should be portrayed.

Posted inArt

At the Japanese American National Museum, a Book Becomes a Monument

Avatar photo by Sharon Mizota January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

Internment camp survivors and their descendants are invited to stamp Ireichō, a book that represents the first definitive count of those incarcerated.

Posted inNews

Nine-Foot Bronze of Emmett Till Is Unveiled in Mississippi

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu October 27, 2022October 27, 2022

The new public sculpture is said to be the only official statue honoring Emmett Till in the United States.

Posted inNews

Philadelphia Faces Criticism for Commissioning a Harriet Tubman Statue From a White Artist

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu July 6, 2022July 7, 2022

“Nana Harriet risked life and limb to be free so that no one White person would benefit off her person. And now we have someone white benefiting off of her,” said artist Maisha Sullivan-Ongoza.

Posted inNews

Richmond Police Admit to Tear-Gassing Peaceful Protesters at Robert E. Lee Monument

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu July 5, 2022July 7, 2022

The police department retracted its previous claims that demonstrators were “violent” as part of a settlement in a lawsuit lodged by six protesters who were tear-gassed by officers in June 2020.

Posted inNews

Margaret Thatcher Statue Egged Within Hours of Unveiling

Avatar photo by Billie Anania May 17, 2022May 18, 2022

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

Posted inNews

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

Avatar photo 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

Avatar photo 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.

Posted inNews

Bronze Public Sculpture by Kehinde Wiley Heads to St. Louis

Avatar photo 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.

Posted inNews

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

Avatar photo 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.

Posted inNews

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

Avatar photo 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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