A statue of Cecil Rhodes may remain in place at Oxford University – as the team deciding its fate admit it is ‘not a foregone conclusion’ that ‘Rhodes would fall’. Carole Souter, chair of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the statue, admitted she ‘can’t say absolutely’ that the sculpture will be removed, despite Oriel College … Read more
The statue of the 19th century slave trader Sir Thomas Picton is to be removed from Cardiff’s City Hall following increasing calls to remove the figure amid the Black Lives Matter protests. Today construction workers began to take down the controversial marble statue, which is now encased in a wooden box, after councillors agreed it … Read more
A statue of Christopher Columbus in Chicago was removed under cover of darkness today after drawing chaotic protests in a wave of violence which has led to Donald Trump’s deployment of federal forces in the city. Hours after news spread that mayor Lori Lightfoot had sanctioned the statue’s removal, crews in Grant Park used a … Read more
Rhodes must stay: Statue of Cecil Rhodes will not be pulled down by Oxford college until next year at the earliest Oriel College said last month they wanted the statue to be removed It set up Independent Commission of Inquiry to look into the monument Now commission says it will take until 2021 to complete … Read more
He was painted a right-on hero this week for creating a statue of the Black Lives Matter protester, Jen Reid. But has provocative artist Marc Quinn, who once made a bronze statue of supermodel Kate Moss in a compromising yoga position, been hoist by his own petard? For I can reveal his latest work, A … Read more
Bristol council have removed a statue of a Black Lives Matter protester around 24 hours after it was secretly raised on a plinth where a memorial to Edward Colston once stood, before it was dumped in a nearby harbour by demonstrators last month. Pictures from the scene show workers at the site at around 5.20am … Read more
The statue of slave trader Edward Colston has been secretly replaced overnight by a figure of a Black Lives Matter protester. Last month, the 18th century merchant’s statue was torn down, dragged a third of a mile and thrown into the Bristol harbour. His empty spot has been filled with a monument to Jen Reid – … Read more
A statue of British colonial explorer Francis Light has been vandalised with red paint in a city he founded in Malaysia. The monument in George Town, the capital of the former British possession of Penang, is the latest symbol of imperialism to come under attack amid global anti-racism protests triggered by the death of George … Read more
Sharon Osbourne is among those calling for the John Wayne Airport in Orange County to rename the building and remove the statue of the actor. The TV personality, 67, said that we cannot ‘celebrate’ people who have historically made racist comments just because we ‘once thought they were heroes’. Wayne’s family have spoken out in … Read more
An 18-year-old accused of pushing a statue of slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol Harbour is set to escape with a police caution – if he attends a meeting on other monuments, his lawyer has revealed. The bronze memorial to the 17th Century slave merchant was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest on … Read more