Rebecca Siegel

• Locations: News By Jeanne Souldern Published Aug. 11, 2021

  Memorializing the public space

  Doris Salcedo and Naima Keith discuss the significance of monuments at a recent panel hosted by the Aspen Art Museum. Courtesy photo.

  The question about the appropriateness of certain monuments and statues has been simmering for decades. It finally bubbled over in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. As civil unrest spread across the country, many statues and monuments were vandalized, destroyed or removed.… read more →