News
US Civil Rights Sites and Aleppo’s Old Souk Among 25 Threatened Places Around the World
The World Monuments Fund announced the 2018 World Monuments Watch, listing 25 sites, from the hurricane-hit Caribbean to modernist architecture in India.
Monuments
Art
Philadelphia's Monument Lab Asks, "What's Right for Public Space?"
In Philadelphia, artists including Mel Chin, Hank Willis Thomas, Karyn Olivier, and Michelle Angela Ortiz create new possibilities for monuments in public spaces.
History
The Histories Erased by a Monument to the Los Angeles Aqueduct
A fountain dedicated to Frank Putnam Flint, the senator who devised the aqueduct supplying LA's water, makes no mention of the human cost of the project.
News
Philadelphia Unveils Its First Statue of an African American, Civil Rights Activist Octavius Catto
The monument to the 19th-century activist Octavius Catto honors his legacy in voting, education, and baseball.
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Philadelphia’s Fight to Remove a Monument to Former Mayor Frank Rizzo [UPDATED]
Like the Confederate monuments around the country, the sculpture of Rizzo is salt in an open wound for many of the city’s residents of color.
In Brief
Religious Extremists Pressure Indonesian Temple to Cover Giant Statue of a God
The 98-foot-tall statue of Guan Yu in East Java was unveiled in July, but last week nationalist and Muslim protesters rallied to demand its destruction.
In Brief
Protesters Topple Confederate Statue in Durham
A stunning video shows the monument, which was erected in 1924, come crashing down as people cheer.
Art
The Story Behind Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee Monument
The statue whose planned removal spurred this weekend's violent rallies was unveiled in 1924, when General Lee's three-year-old great-granddaughter pulled a giant Confederate flag off of it.
Art
Artists Tinker with Tech at an E-Waste Warehouse
For a one-night exhibition at the Lower East Side Ecology Center's e-waste warehouse in Gowanus, artists transformed outdated and damaged devices into interactive installations and sculptures.
Art
In Minnesota, Listening to Native Perspectives on Memorializing the Dakota War
The outcry over Sam Durant's sculpture at the Walker Art Center has provoked reflections on past memorials for the US–Dakota War, and how Dakota Nation voices continue to be ignored.
Art
The North’s Role in Supplying the South with Confederate Monuments
Confederate monuments would not exist in such large numbers without mass production, which, in the wake of the Civil War, took place more often in the North than in the South.
In Brief
On the Removal of the Jefferson Davis Monument in New Orleans
Images of the statue being dismantled remind us how important that action is.