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Five Issues Threatening the Destruction of Cultural Heritage Sites
Yesterday, the World Monuments Fund announced their 2014 World Monuments Watch, launching a two-year advocacy for 67 sites in 41 countries.
Monuments
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Emergency Red List of Syrian Cultural Objects at Risk Released
At an event last week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) officially released The Emergency Red List of Syrian Cultural Objects at Risk, which outlines the categories of cultural goods most vulnerable to illicit trade during the Syrian war.
Art
The Power of Perspective and Light in Louis Kahn's FDR Four Freedoms Park
Wrapping the tip of Roosevelt Island that points out to the sea, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park is a realm of stillness and meditation unlike anything else in the city. Designed as a memorial to the 32nd president, it is now just as much a call to remember its architect: the late lover
Opinion
What Does Meaningful Engagement with Public Art Look Like?
After "Statue Porn," my first post for Hyperallergic, was published earlier this year, some commenters responded by asking what a quality interaction with public art might look like. It's easy to spot silly or sexual interactions, but what are examples of people engaging with public art in a more se
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MLK Memorial Will be Corrected, Google Uses Faith Ringgold Drawing
Happy MLK day! As we celebrate the life of the Civil Rights leader, more controversy plagues the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial that was erected on DC's National Mall this summer. On Friday, the Washington Post reported that the memorial's inscription will be corrected.
Art
Does Size Count in Public Art?
On March 24, 2004 in Johannesburg, South Africa, a mammoth sculpture of legendary former president and icon Nelson Mandela was unveiled. Over 15 feet tall, this sculpture was commissioned to stand in the center of Nelson Mandela square in Sandton City, an upscale shopping mall in a well-to-do part o
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The Man Finally Wins, Martin Luther King Jr Memorialized in White
Today, the Martin Luther King, Jr National Memorial opened in the nation's capital. The project includes a 28 ft tall granite monument on the National Mall carved by Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin. It is the first monument to a non-US president on the National Mall and the first dedicated to a black Ame