"Monuments Now" Outdoor Exhibition Addresses the Role of Public U.S. Monuments

Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, New York is hosting a three-part outdoor exhibition called "MONUMENTS NOW" that aims to shed light on the role of public monuments in the United States while raising awareness for underrepresented narratives and histories. The presentation's inaugural work is a billboard by New York-based artist Nona Faustine. Titled In Praise of Famous Men No More, the billboard is a diptych of photographs that includes a depiction of the controversial Theodore Roosevelt monum...