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Podcast: New Books in Art
Episode: Peter Hughes, "A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues" (Aurum Press, 2021)
Description: The ongoing debate surrounding who gets to determine the subjects of public commemoration, particularly in the form of statues, has become more heated over the past few years. In his timely book, A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues (Aurum Press, 2021), Peter Hughes examines the long history of statues being used to articulate the values of rulers, governments, organizations, and average citizens. Of course, that also means statues are often targets of people who want to challenge those values.In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss whether the motivation for public commemorations, as well as the opposition to...