Ranked #1
Civil War Memory and Monuments to White Supremacy with Art Historian Kirk Savage
Civil War Memory and Monuments to White Supremacy with Art Historian Kirk Savage
Professor and Art Historian Kirk Savage is one of the nation’s foremost experts on monuments and memorials. Savage is th... Read more
8 Oct 2018
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59mins
Ranked #2
Public Noise with Paul Ramírez Jonas; New Monuments for New Cities Part 1
Public Noise with Paul Ramírez Jonas; New Monuments for New Cities Part 1
When you think of monuments and public art projects that provoke, that are critical and participatory, you think of Paul... Read more
4 Oct 2019
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41mins
Ranked #3
Reclaimed Water CC'd With Nicole Awai; New Monuments for New Cities Part 2
Reclaimed Water CC'd With Nicole Awai; New Monuments for New Cities Part 2
When looking for monuments, most of the time we look up. But many artists have employed other strategies, from the groun... Read more
4 Oct 2019
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38mins
Ranked #4
Designing Justice in New Orleans with Paper Monuments
Designing Justice in New Orleans with Paper Monuments
Paper Monuments from New Orleans — led by Bryan C. Lee Jr. and Sue Mobley – grew out of the takedown of four Confederate... Read more
15 Oct 2018
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #5
Crafting Resistance Across the Street from the White House with Artist Stephanie Syjuco
Crafting Resistance Across the Street from the White House with Artist Stephanie Syjuco
Stephanie Syjuco is an artist and professor from UC Berkeley. Syjuco is one of the four artists featured in the Smithson... Read more
5 Nov 2018
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51mins
Ranked #6
“Not Peaceable and Quiet” with Counterpublic Artists with Matt Joynt, Anthony Romero, and Josh Rios
“Not Peaceable and Quiet” with Counterpublic Artists with Matt Joynt, Anthony Romero, and Josh Rios
This episode of Monument Lab, we recorded live from the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, where Monument Lab has a ... Read more
19 Jun 2019
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54mins
Ranked #7
Missing Democracy with Coco Guzman; New Monuments for New Cities Part 3
Missing Democracy with Coco Guzman; New Monuments for New Cities Part 3
Over the last few months, it has been a treat to get to know Coco Guzman, a Spanish-Canadian queer artist based in Toron... Read more
4 Oct 2019
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35mins
Ranked #8
No Return to Normal with Artist Mel Chin
No Return to Normal with Artist Mel Chin
In times of crisis, in times of connection, artist Mel Chin makes his mark. A 2019 MacArthur Genius Award recipient, Chi... Read more
8 Apr 2020
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45mins
Ranked #9
Taking Down the Columbus Statue in Downtown L.A. with Organizer Chrissie Castro
Taking Down the Columbus Statue in Downtown L.A. with Organizer Chrissie Castro
On November 10, 2018, a statue of Christopher Columbus was taken down in LA’s grant park. City officials and members of ... Read more
29 Nov 2018
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42mins
Ranked #10
In Pursuit of the Confederate Truce Flag with Artist Sonya Clark
In Pursuit of the Confederate Truce Flag with Artist Sonya Clark
The Confederate Truce Flag is a little known piece of Americana. It was flown as a white flag of surrender and delivered... Read more
27 Mar 2019
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1hr 25mins