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fromJezebel
1 week ago

Danish Women Are Fashion-Bombing Statues to Protest Most Statues Being Dead Guys

A report released in February by Denmark's Museum of Art in Public Spaces found that 484 monuments in the country depict historically significant men, compared with just 43 depicting women. Meanwhile, over 120 public sculptures are of naked women from literature and mythology.
Women in technology
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Winston Churchill statue defaced with graffiti

Winston Churchill's statue in Parliament Square was defaced with pro-Palestine graffiti including accusations of war crimes and calls for genocide cessation.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Required Reading

Lunar New Year festivities and California's new Historic South L.A. Cultural District underscore renewed recognition of local arts, community celebration, and plans for a monument.
Social justice
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

Black History Month Is Radical Now

America elevates Founding figures to faultless heroes despite their roles as enslavers; efforts to erase those truths distort national memory.
from48 hills
6 months ago

Painter Luis Felipe Chavez contemplates the monuments immigrants carry within - 48 hills

The sculpture that we have here in Dolores Park is pretty chill, like, 'Oh, I did it. Everything is over,'
Arts
Typography
fromCreative Bloq
10 months ago

The Pope's tomb is the most unexpected design crime of 2025

Bad kerning on Pope Francis's tomb has prompted widespread criticism from designers, highlighting the importance of proper letter spacing.
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