National Museum Cardiff: Difference between revisions

In the wake of the removal of the [[Statue of Edward Colston]] in Bristol on 6 June 2020, [[Wales Online]] reported that there was a campaign to remove monuments to Welsh war hero Sir [[Thomas Picton]] in [[Carmarthen]] and Cardiff.<ref name=WalesJun20>{{Cite news |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/picton-carmarthen-cardiff-black-lives-18382570 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609172458/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/picton-carmarthen-cardiff-black-lives-18382570 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 June 2020 |title=Monuments to brutal slave owner Thomas Picton in Carmarthen and Cardiff 'should be removed' |author=Robert Harries and Alex Seabrook |date=9 June 2020 |work=Wales Online |access-date=9 June 2020}}</ref> In November 2021, the museum removed a 19th-century portrait of Sir Thomas by Sir [[Martin Archer Shee]] and replaced it with a painting of a Welsh gardener by [[Albert Houthuesen]]. While Picton was labelled a hero after dying in battle at Waterloo, he had a controversial past as governor of [[Trinidad]] where his abuse of the population included torture. The museum commissioned artists to re-examine the legacy of Sir Thomas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cardiff museum takes down slave owner Thomas Picton's portrait|location=BBC|date=3 November 2021|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59139743}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Reframing Picton project |url=https://museum.wales/about-us/Black-lives-matter/reframing-picton/ |access-date=2024-03-16}}</ref>