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Monuments

  1. art and soul
    6 Artists Reimagine Monuments on the National Mall“Beyond Granite: Pulling Together” honors the people and events whose history had yet to be etched in stone in Washington.
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  2. public art watch
    The Problem With Boston’s MLK Memorial Isn’t That It Looks Like a PenisIt’s how it reminds us of how little Boston — and other cities — have advanced the civil-rights leader’s racial-justice agenda.
    By Diana Budds
  3. confederate monuments
    Richmond’s Confederate Monuments, One Year LaterProtests brought down most of the statues on Monument Avenue — except Robert E. Lee’s.
    By Chris Cynn
  4. art and soul
    Reimagining What Monuments Can BeA new public-art exhibition in Philadelphia aims to “transform the way our country’s histories are told in public spaces.”
    By Cornelia Channing
  5. monuments
    Trump Adds Walt Disney, Whitney Houston, Alex Trebek to ‘American Heroes’ GardenThe president issued an amended executive order adding dozens of honorees to the monument park he announced this summer.
    By Halle Kiefer
  6. power
    Corey Couldn’t Take It AnymoreA Yale cafeteria worker smashed a monument to slavery, and changed an institution.
    By Quiara Alegría Hudes
  7. vandalism
    Frederick Douglass Statue Vandalized Over July 4th WeekendThe statue was torn down from its base in a Rochester park and found near the edge of a gorge.
    By Claire Lampen
  8. monuments
    Georgia Politician Argues for Keeping All Statues — Even of Hitler or SatanGOP congressional candidate Marjorie Greene shows that floodgates arguments over removing monuments cut both ways.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. monuments
    Teddy Roosevelt Statue Coming Down, Says Natural History MuseumThe statue has been criticized as racist for years.
    By Justin Curto
  10. new york city
    Two Revolutionary Trans Activists Are Getting a Monument in NYCMarsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera will be honored for their pioneering advocacy.
    By Amanda Arnold
  11. games
    The Confederate Monuments Culture War Comes to New YorkThe Yankees are having an easy reckoning over Kate Smith. But what happens when they have to confront the legacy of a real icon?
    By Will Leitch
  12. public art
    Our Memorials Teach Us to ForgetMost things crumble, especially in New York.
    By Justin Davidson
  13. new york city
    Here’s Why New Yorkers Think Shirley Chisholm Deserves a Monument“Chisholm’s story is the embodiment of the American Dream, and her trailblazing nature is quintessentially New York.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  14. documented
    The Photographer Who Documents the Former Sites of Confederate MonumentsArtist Matthew Shain set out to capture the pedestals where they once stood.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  15. monuments
    45-Foot-Tall Naked Woman May Be Coming to the National MallThe statue has previously been displayed — where else? — at Burning Man.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  16. Robert E. Lee Monuments Are Symbols of Neo-Confederacy, Not the ConfederacyMonuments that went up to celebrate the white supremacist triumph in successfully setting up Jim Crow should come down now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. monuments
    Brooklyn to Get Captain America StatueIt literally weighs a ton.
    By Abraham Riesman
  18. monuments
    Central Park Doesn’t Have Any Statues of Actual Historical WomenThat could be changing soon, though.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  19. monuments
    Look at This Monstrous Statue of Lucille BallPoor Lucy.
    By Greg Cwik
  20. Monuments
    ‘Beastie Boys Square’ Proposed for Bar-Saturated Lower East SideThe plan is being brought to life by the guy who pitched Biggie Smalls Street in Clinton Hill.
    By Hugh Merwin
  21. Monuments
    This Epic Monument to Popeyes Founder Al Copeland Probably Won’t Get BuiltLooks fine to us.
    By Hugh Merwin