In response to global protests in 2020, numerous controversial monuments were removed across the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia. While these actions sparked debates about cancel culture, the key question remains: can societies remove or alter public symbols without...
In 2020, a striking example of recontextualization emerged in Denmark when artist Katrine Dirckinck-Holmfeld dumped a replica bust of King Frederik V, founder of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, into a Copenhagen canal. This provocative act, dubbed a...
