People in Belgium are calling for statues of the country's longest-reigning king, Leopold II, to be dismantled. Online petitions demanding their removal have garnered tens of thousands of ...

Hew Locke won the commission, the first of its kind in Belgium, to recontextualise the equestrian statue of King Leopold II in the seaside resort of Ostend. The landmark monument depicts Leopold ...

Leopold II ruled Belgium from 1865-1909 - activists want this statue in Brussels removed due to his brutal regime in Congo Free State Inside the palatial walls of Belgium's Africa Museum stand ...

Hew Locke, the British artist, will ‘interrupt the view’ of the King Leopold II statue with golden symbols of the Congo’s exploitation on poles - Hew Locke/City of Ostend/Rii Schroer for The ...

The British-Guyanese artist Hew Locke will unveil a series of new works at the site of a controversial statue in Ostend depicting the late Belgium monarch Leopold II. Locke’s pieces will ...