The sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester, Jen Reid, which replaced a toppled statue of the slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol, has been removed. The artist Marc Quinn installed the work on the empty plinth, left when a statue of Colston was torn down during protests in June. The statue of Reid with a raised fist, installed in a clandestine operation, was removed about 24 hours after it went up
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'Hope flows through her': artist Marc Quinn on replacing Colston with a Black Lives Matter statue ► https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jul/15/marc-quinn-statue-colston-jen-reid-black-lives-matter-bristol

Edward Colston statue replaced by sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/15/edward-colston-statue-replaced-by-sculpture-of-black-lives-matter-protester

Black Lives Matter sculpture of Jen Reid removed from Colston plinth ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/16/black-lives-matter-sculpture-of-jen-reid-removed-colston--bristol

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