Sam Durant Archives - Hyperallergic

Sam Durant Revisits the “Scaffold” Controversy Three Years Later

by Hrag Vartanian October 23, 2020November 5, 2020

The artist discusses the controversial incident three years ago in a new essay that explores the conversations prompted with the Walker Art Center.

Dakota Elders Decide to Bury Sam Durant’s Controversial Sculpture

by Claire Voon September 5, 2017October 22, 2020

In Minnesota, Listening to Native Perspectives on Memorializing the Dakota War

by Sheila Regan June 16, 2017October 22, 2020

Sam Durant Doesn’t Need Defending

by Jillian Steinhauer June 7, 2017October 22, 2020

Dakota Nation Suspends Burning of Wood from Controversial Minneapolis Sculpture

by Benjamin Sutton June 6, 2017October 22, 2020

After a Dakota Ceremony, Dismantling of Controversial Sculpture Begins in Minneapolis

by Sheila Regan June 5, 2017October 22, 2020

Controversial Sculpture in Minneapolis Will Be Dismantled and Ceremonially Burned

by Jillian Steinhauer June 1, 2017October 22, 2020

After Protests from Native American Community, Walker Art Center Will Remove Public Sculpture

by Sheila Regan May 29, 2017October 22, 2020

Objects that Manifest the Contradictions of American History

by Jennifer Remenchik February 11, 2017February 21, 2017

Will a Giant Boob or Chameleon Inaugurate the High Line’s New Public Art Plinth?

by Claire Voon January 10, 2017

An Artist’s “End White Supremacy” Sign Lights Up a New York Gallery’s Facade

by Claire Voon November 30, 2016December 1, 2016

A Maze in Philadelphia Focuses Attention on the Hidden Cruelty of US Prisons

by Hrag Vartanian October 30, 2015