Monument Replacing English Slave Trader Statue by Artist Marc Quinn Gets Removed

On Wednesday, artist Marc Quinn made headlines by placing a statue of Black Lives Matter protestor Jen Reid on an empty plinth where a monument to a 17th-century slave trader had stood in Bristol, England. The gesture was short-lived, however, as city officials removed the work around 24 hours after it had been erected.
In a statement, Marvin Rees, the mayor of Bristol, said that the statue had been “the work and decision of a London-based artist. It was not requested and permission was no