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The Uproar Over a Nude Mary Wollstonecraft Monument Has Powered Efforts to Build New (Clothed) Statues of Inspiring British Women

December 16, 2020

A recently unveiled idealized nude sculpture honoring feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft has been widely seen as a step backward for feminism. But the much-derided artwork has given a boost to efforts to honor other pioneering female figures, including Virginia Woolf. Spearheaded by art nonprofit Aurora Metro Arts and Media, the fundraising campaign to build a monument to the Bloomsbury author…

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Mellon Foundation Pledges $250 Million To Rethink Nation’s Monuments

October 26, 2020

Hundreds of people gather at the Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, Va., in July. The Mellon Foundation says it will spend $250 million over five years to re-imagine commemorative spaces in the U.S. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation says the nation’s current monuments offer an “incomplete and even inaccurate” picture of the nation’s diversity…

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Artist Chen Weiming to Create a Monument to Hong Kong Protests in California’s Mojave Desert

August 10, 2020

As US levies toughest sanction yet on China for its destruction of Hong Kong’s relatively free political system, Weiming says he wants to pay tribute to the “people’s fight for freedom” By Darya King August 7, 2020 4:26 pm Some of the iconic scenes of Hong Kong democracy protests will be preserved permanently through a…

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