Results for Monuments Memorials

Continuing our series “Responding to Tragedy” in which we explore various artistic approaches to rebuilding memory, we look this week at memorials and monuments. In communities that have experienced terror and destruction, it is almost impossible to build tangible sites that will adequately depict this loss. How can this feeling of absence be evoked? Who …

From the iconic to the controversial to the unknown

"Renewal 2121" fuses aspects of kawaii aesthetics and street fare with bright colors.

An archaeologist ponders memorials—from the Monti gate to the Taj Mahal—and finds clues about the reasons people want to be remembered.

These moving monuments and memorials are fitting tributes

No one has offered a coherent, plausible argument that the previously declared monuments were poorly chosen, or reflected bad policies.

Mitch Landrieu, the mayor of New Orleans, on the removal of four Confederate monuments and what it means for the city’s future

Commercial logos on historic sites may seem crass, but in Italy there may be no other way to preserve cherished monuments.

Dozens of women contributed to the recovery of looted art during World War II, though their stories aren’t as well known as those of the Monuments Men.