For the past decade, Confederate memorials have been a flashpoint in America’s heated culture wars. More than 150 statues and monuments were doused with paint, defaced and brought down by protesters, but in President Trump’s second term, they are being reinstalled. A statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike is returning to Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C., and another, known as the “Reconciliation Monument,” will be restored to Arlington Cemetery.

The tumultuous state of affairs is supercharging a provocative, highly anticipated new exhibition titled “Monuments,” featuring nearly a dozen removed statues, some towering up to 15 feet. The show, co-organized and co-presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Brick, opens Thursday and runs through May 3, 2026.

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