Christopher Columbus and Juana Azurduy: Revising and Revisiting Historical Monuments in Argentina ...

• Main Author: Lerer, Marisa <Manhattan College, Visual And Performing Arts Department, Art History, New York>
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: M. Lerer, Christopher Columbus and Juana Azurduy: Revising and Revisiting Historical Monuments in Argentina, «International Public History», 1, 2018, n. 1, pp. 1-5 2018
• Subjects: Argentina; Buenos Aires; Christopher Columbus; Juana Azurduy; Monuments; Azurduy; Fernandez; First Nations
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14273/unisa-3954; http://elea.unisa.it:8080/xmlui/handle/10556/5855

This article examines the recent disputed, intertwined re-sitings of Arnaldo Zocchi’s Monument to Christopher Columbus (1910) and Andrés Zerneri’s Monument to Juana Azurduy (2015) in Buenos Aires. It analyzes issues of commissioning and political motivation in President Kristina Fernandez de Kirchne...