Monuments

The artist and curator discuss why nobody notices James II in Trafalgar Square and how abolition can be represented in a public space

The world demanded by Black Lives Matter is not the world in which Edward Colston belongs

The ‘She Built NYC’ commission aims to build public monuments that properly recognize women’s contributions to the city

In other news: open letter demands reinstatement of documenta’s Annette Kulenkampff; ‘Russian Modernism’ show at Ghent museum questioned

Public debate around Confederate insignia has little to do with historical fact, and everything to do with collective memory

The removal of the Confederate monuments in Baltimore shows decisiveness after years of inaction – already they stand as sites of counter-memory

From a biography of the Daily Mail to monuments to Karl Marx: what to read this weekend

Art in the age of climate change

Lara Favaretto: exploring the nuances of death and disappearance