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Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Monument Will Be Melted Down and Turned Into a New Artwork
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
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?
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
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
"[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.
Art
“It Makes One Speechless”: 350 Sculptures Invoke First Enslaved Africans
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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Urged by Battery Park City Locals, Work Paused on Essential Workers Monument
Critics say the memorial planned for Rockefeller Park was approved without community input and will significantly reduce green space.
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Artist and Iron Worker for NYC Department of Sanitation Unveils a COVID-19 Memorial
“Forever Strongest” by Bernard Klevickas is slated to tour department garages throughout the summer before being permanently installed on Spring Street.
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Artists Nominate MoMA as an “At-Risk Cultural Heritage Site”
In its application, the group denounced several MoMA board members for their connections to “gentrification and displacement,” “extractivism and environmental degradation,” and more.
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Biden Scraps Trump’s Bizarre Plan For a “National Garden of American Heroes”
The president also revoked his predecessor’s authorization of harsh prison sentences for those who vandalize monuments.
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Statue of Nisqually Environmentalist and Tribal Leader Will Represent Washington at US Capitol
Billy Frank Jr. spent his life examining and advocating on behalf of treaty rights and environmental protections.
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Nominate an At-Risk Site to the World Monuments Fund's 2022 Watch List
The nonprofit is encouraging nominations that intersect with three major risk factors: climate change, underrepresented heritage, and imbalanced tourism.