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A statue of two figures, one with wings, covered in red streaks, holding a wreath and a sword, with trees and a cloudy sky in the background.
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument splashed with red paint following a Unite the Right rally, Baltimore, August 13, 2017. Photo: Picture Architect/Alamy. From “MONUMENTS.”

Curated by Hamza Walker, Bennett Simpson, and Kara Walker 

Built around the thorny conceit of exhibiting decommissioned Civil War–era monuments in museum galleries and spread across two venues, “MONUMENTS” will engage with the recent history surrounding their removal, providing new contexts by way of a series of artist commissions and loaned works.

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Artforum September 2025 cover featuring Mungo Thomson's artwork Sideways Thought
Mungo Thomson, Volume 5. Sideways Thought, 2020–22, 4K video, color, sound, 8 minutes 9 seconds. Score by Ernst Karel. From the series “Time Life,” 2014–.
September 2025
VOL. 64, NO. 1
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