With a gesture of love, Raúl de Nieves has altered a New Orleans space once described as ‘the most racist’ in the city

Now that a judge lifted a last-minute injunction, the monument will be gone by the end of the week

The bill, currently under review by Mayor Eric Adams's administration, renews conversations about the role of public statues that lionise America's history of slavery

The city of Charlottesville still faces possible legal action

The proposed legislation is seen as an effort to defend Confederate monuments and markers in the public sphere by streamlining civil lawsuits

But the Naming Commission's latest report, focused on the American military and naval academies, could not recommend the removal of a Ku Klux Klan panel at the former institution

After moving into its first permanent home later this year, nonprofit is prepping an ambitious show of decommissioned Confederate monuments

The city council in Charlottesville, Virginia, chose to give the controversial work to a local organisation over proposals to relocate it to Texas, California or other distant sites

The equestrian statue of the Confederate general has been heavily vandalised since the eruption of Black Lives Matter protests last summer

City officials are asking museums and historical societies to solicit interest in acquiring several removed statues

The anti-racist group White Lies Matter had threatened to use the monument to Jefferson Davis as a toilet, but turned over the work unharmed

A group calling themselves White Lies Matter demands that the United Daughters of the Confederacy hang a banner critiquing white supremacy before they will return the ornate stone chair

Amid increased unrest over memorials since the Black Lives Matter protests erupted, the grant will help fund new storytelling spaces across the country

Many say he "opened doors" for black people in the arts and artists like Toyin Ojih Odutola have created works honouring the the 43-year-old Black Panther actor, who died last week

Officials voted recently to keep the monument on courthouse property in Lake Charles, Louisiana, but Hurricane Laura made an executive decision

Telling America’s overlooked stories is fundamental to building a true national identity, says preservationist Brent Leggs

The disposal of Confederate monuments will not erase America’s history, but some say removing them from public view is crucial to moving forward

Defending problematic monuments as educational opportunities, the US president misidentifies a famous bronze as a presidential portrait in a Fox News interview

Trust says such monuments “do not reflect, and are in fact abhorrent to, our values”

Plus, Hew Locke on Agostino Brunias's Dancing Scene in the West Indies. Produced in association with Christie's

Governor says that the state will "no longer preach a false version of history" as calls for racial justice echo across the nation

Lawmakers mobilise the National Guard to quell destruction while demonstrators deface Confederate memorials and public works emblematic of white supremacy

Memorials honouring controversial generals continue to stir debate in many Southern states, but lawmakers are finding creative ways to deal with them

US artist takes on British Empire’s legacy and the Transatlantic salve trade in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

City Council members seeking to remove them argued that they were actually monuments to white supremacy

Speaking at an event organised by London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, the whistleblower said the statue's removal aligned with her own passion for 'direct action'

A commission created to review “symbols of hate” on city property has decided most will stay put with signage added to explain their history, while new works will be created to honour underrepresented communities

The artist Hew Locke says a creative response to memorials dedicated to slave owners and empire builders can reveal hidden histories

As the debate rages about divisive Confederate monuments, five leading US scholars and curators pick the nation’s greatest memorial sculptures

Colonial monuments and the US flag are subverted at Frieze London