Jeremy Strick

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Jeremy Strick has been the Director of the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas, since 2009, overseeing collections, exhibitions, and operations at the museum of modern and contemporary sculpture. He has organized ambitious exhibitions of contemporary sculpture, launched innovative new programming initiatives, and created the Nasher Prize, an international juried award dedicated exclusively to contemporary sculpture. Prior to the Nasher, Strick held positions at Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, The National Gallery in Washington, DC, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the St Louis Museum of Art.

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Jun 21, 2021 ∙ 8 min

Of Monuments

On 9 April 2003, in the immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad, in the first month of the invasion of Iraq, a crowd assembled in Baghdad’s Firdos square and tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. The event was publicized widely, celebrated by many as an authentic expression of popular revolt against tyranny. Soon, however, it became embroiled in controversy as evidence emerged that the event (ultimately accomplished by American soldiers and equipment) was stage-managed by the American...