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Exhibitions Exploring Overshadowed Histories: Protecting and Correcting Collective Memory through Commemorative Art

Posted on: April 22, 2024 by Victoria Maatta

This article contains descriptions of violence which some readers may find upsetting. In March of this year, the infamous statue of transatlantic slave trader Edward Colston went on permanent display in an exhibition about the history of protest in the Bristol People gallery at M Shed.  The display follows a decision by the Bristol City […]