When Diane Arbus Came to Central Park

The New York City story of a latchkey kid and a trailblazing photographer

For me as a city kid, Central Park was a forbidden Eden. Even though I grew up a stone’s throw from the park, my parents forbade me to walk there, even chaperoned, even in broad daylight. And so, it’s all the more astounding that I recently found myself trotting—no, tearing over—to see ...
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When Diane Arbus Came to Central Park

The New Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument in New York

The limits of monuments in public remembrance

The tensions between public monuments and history frequently orbit the question of “historical faithfulness” or “accuracy.” The controversy surrounding the new women’s rights monument in Central Park is an example of these tensions. Sculpted by Meredith Bergmann, the monument represents suffragettes Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth. ...
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The New Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument in New York