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

City and state governments around the country are looking at what to do with the controversial statues

Artists could subvert statues of Confederate heroes, assuming Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and others stay put on their plinths