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Beyond redemption. Photo: ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images

Our statues will outlast us – so let’s think twice before making any more naff public art

From Achilles in London to Christ in Rio, public art sticks in cities' throats.

By Will Self

Darling, I’m just back from Emin’s little vernissage at the White Cube in São Paulo
Will Self's "Madness of Crowds" column.
By Will Self
13 December