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PHILADELPHIA — Next City today announces it is partnering with the High Line to present “The Future of Monumentality,” a speaker series at the unique intersection of art, design, and urbanism. This series of two panels, moderated by New York Times critic Salamishah Tillet, will be held on January 27 and 28 and are open now for registration at nextcity.org. The series engages artists, historians, government leaders, and placemakers on the subject of public monuments, examining the civic, aesthetic, and historical contexts these influential objects inhabit.  Government officials, artists...

UpdatedMon, Jan 11, 2021 at 5:37 pm ET Reply(1) (USF Contemporary Art Museum) From Karyn Olivier, The Battle is Joined, 2017. Vernon Park, Philadelphia PA. Commissioned by Monument Lab and Mural Arts. Video documentation with audio recording of Trapeta B. Mayson’s poem Monuments to Brown Boys commissioned for public art instal (USF Contemporary Art Museum) John Sims, Freedom Memorial at Gamble Plantation, 2020. Video animation with sound, 12 foot Afro Confederate flag, marker. (USF Contemporary Art Museum) TAMPA, FL — On Jan. 22, the USF Contemporary Art Museum, part of the Institute for ...

By Wendy Richmond As I write this column, I consider the built environment around me, and it is different from how it was six months ago. I’m not talking about the lines that are now on the floor to keep us six feet apart, or the boarded store windows, or the signs that say “Masks Required.” I’m talking about the way I am seeing public space. The ongoing global pandemic and social unrest permeate every perspective, outright or subconsciously. Before I enter an elevator, I check if anyone is inside. When I prepare for a six-hour car ride, I read a half dozen articles about how to safe...