Monuments
Somebody loves Lenin in Finland
Public outcry scuppered Helsinki officials' plan to buy granite bust of the Communist leader
A wound still festering at the heart of Germany
Parliament has finally voted to build Berlin's memorial to the Holocaust
Richard Meier to obliterate Mussolini’s mark
The US architect's new building for ancient Roman monument to replace one commissioned by the Fascist dictator in the 1930s
Italy will return Axum obelisk to Ethiopia
The act is part of a considerable effort to erase Mussolini’s mark on the nation
What to do with your Socialist-Realist art
Budapest is creating a sculpture park for more than 45 works depicting Lenin, Marx and others
“We buy figureheads, busts, portraits, banners—at high prices”
Moscow author amasses a collection of depictions of Lenin and Stalin before they are destroyed
How Saddam Hussein's ideology was enshrined in his art commissions
New book "The Monument" explains why greater attention to the Iraqi director’s iconography might have illuminated Western politicians as to his ambitions
Penalties for defacing monuments to Communism are being debated in the Soviet parliament
Are these acts a citizens’ protest against the situation in which the country now finds itself, or are they merely vandalism?