MONUMENTS, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Opens on: October 25, 2025
Co-organized and co-presented by MOCA and The Brick, MONUMENTS marks the recent wave of monument removals as a historic moment. The exhibition reflects on the histories and legacies of post-Civil War America as they continue to resonate today. It brings together a selection of decommissioned Confederate statues with contemporary artworks borrowed and commissioned for the occasion. Removed from their original outdoor public context and installed within the galleries of MOCA and The Brick, the decommissioned Confederate statues featured in MONUMENTS will be shown in their varying conditions, from unmarred to heavily vandalized. The selection of monuments comes from a group of nearly 200 that have been taken down in recent years (many more currently remain standing).