Allyship or stunt? Marc Quinn’s BLM statue divides art world

Artist’s sculpture to replace Edward Colston criticised as a ‘votive statue to appropriation’Marc Quinn’s statue of a Black Lives Matter protester has divided opinion in the art world with critics calling it a “an opportunistic stunt”, while Booker prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo said it showed “initiative” and “active allyship”.The artwork was installed in a “secret mission” on to the plinth which had housed a stat