Public monuments

Although the issue of public monuments has been thoroughly examined in the wake of the recent anti-racism protests, the case of Indro Montanelli--and specifically of the defense of his statue in a park in Milan--bears a closer look. The unmitigated...

It’s a lack that must be filled, because our history, our culture, our art, our science is made also of feminine names, that remain invisible. It happens also in the rest of the world. In New York, for example the...

In wanting Columbus’ statues the intent of the Italian-American migrants was not to celebrate the genocide of the Native Americans or the expropriation of their lands. Emblematic in this regard is the erection of the New York monument to Cristopher...