Toppled Colston Statue Sparks Renewed Debate at Bristol Museum
A proposal to officially move the statue of transatlantic slave trader Edward Colston into the M Shed museum in Bristol as a permanent display
14 February 2024
A proposal to officially move the statue of transatlantic slave trader Edward Colston into the M Shed museum in Bristol as a permanent display
14 February 2024
In 2020, I wrote an article: ‘The Trouble with Problematic Public Statues’, sparked by the felling of slave trader Edward Colston’s effigy in Bristol.
11 October 2023
Sackler Name Removed From V&A Museum – Edward Colston Statue Appeal Court Decision – Whitney Biennial Curators Chosen
7 October 2022
Edward Colston’s statue was dragged from its plinth and thrown into Bristol Harbour during a Black Lives Matter protest have been acquitted.
5 January 2022
Piet Mondrian: PMA In Ownership Dispute – Banksy Releases T-Shirt To Support Colston Four – More Cornelius Gurlitt Nazi Restitution
14 December 2021
The four people charged with criminal damage for pulling down a bronze statue of slave trader Edward Colston and dumping it in Bristol harbour have pleaded not guilty.
25 January 2021
The YBA artist Artist Marc Quinn who was responsible for iconic contemporary statues such as ‘Self’ (Blood Head) and Alison Lapper Pregnant which appeared on London’s Fourth Plinth and Bristol resident Jen Reid unveil a new temporary, public installation, A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020, on top of Edward Colston’s empty plinth in Bristol, England.
15 July 2020
Banksy, Bristol’s international artist/influencer has suggested a plan which should appeal to both critics of the sudden removal and dumping of the statue of slave-trader Edward Colston and the protesters.
10 June 2020
Yinka Shonibare Suspended States Serpentine Galleries: When I was a small child – many millennia ago – much of the world map was pink.
21 April 2024
Police Authorities have launched an investigation following vandalism at Trinity College, Cambridge, that targeted a painting of Lord Balfour…
9 March 2024
They’ve smashed up petrol pumps and glued themselves to museum masterpieces; now, the latest audacious stunt saw mashed potatoes thrown at a Monet by climate activists.
24 October 2022
A protester armed with a hammer has scaled BBC Broadcasting House near Oxford Circus and destroyed a sculpture by Eric Gill
12 January 2022
Trump Baby Blimp Acquired By Museum of London – Public Monument Removal Just Got Harder – Nicholas Serota Reappointed ACE Chair
19 January 2021
It’s been quite a year for statues. Normally no more than street furniture that no one bothers to look at – old white men standing on plinths in all weathers extolling some arcane ‘victory’ of the Empire
12 November 2020
As a sculptor who has used Victorian and other found sculptures in my work for some time, the increasingly heated debate on the future of public Victorian statues, buildings and street names across the country has resonated with me.
11 June 2020
A notorious statue dedicated to a slave trader in Bristol has been torn down and thrown into the harbour during a second day of anti-racism protests across the UK. Following a peaceful demonstration in Bristol
7 June 2020