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Barbara Chase-Riboud: Monuments and controversy

Zeinab Badawi speaks to American artist and writer Barbara Chase-Riboud. How should society deal with public monuments to controversial figures from the past?

Zeinab Badawi speaks to American artist and writer Barbara Chase-Riboud at the Serpentine Galleries in London. Over a career spanning seven decades, Chase-Riboud has explored public memory and commemorative forms, as well as shone a light on historical perspectives that have been overlooked or neglected. Her work raises fascinating questions about how society deals with public monuments of controversial figures from the past.

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