Keshler Thibert applauds the arrival of the traveling Harriet Tubman memorial at City Hall, but says it shouldn’t distract us from saving local African American landmarks

After 30 years in storage, “Maja,” a Bauhaus sculpture that evaded destruction in Nazi Germany, graces Philadelphia’s grand boulevard again

Joseph Brin sits down with experts in the fields of public art, law, religion, education, and architecture to get their thoughts on the debate surrounding monument removal

In this poignant essay Dan Shurley looks at the mistreatment of the Lenape in Pennsylvania and how historic Philadelphia still manages to misrepresent and largely ignore the city’s native people

Contributor Sherry Howard tracks down the lost busts of the “Rotunda of Achievement” at Progress Plaza in North Philly

For Pride Month, Ali Roseberry-Polier takes a look at Frank Rizzo’s legacy of aggression towards Philly’s LGBT community and opines why his divisive monument should be moved

Missing for decades, two signature sculptures come home to Fairmount Water Works. A. Leonard Pundt has the details on how conservation efforts and carefully-crafted reproductions brought the iconic public artwork back to life

We ought to write our own history, say the organizers of Monument Lab, who launch their multi-week public art and civic introspection festival today in the wake of Charlottesville, Dallas, and Durham. Nathaniel Popkin catches up with Monument Lab founder Paul Farber, who asks us all, “What is an appropriate monument for Philadelphia today?”