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In the next month, more than 100 sculptures about the slave trade will be unveiled in cities across the UK. Gareth Harris has been following the ‘globe trails’. 

'More than 100 artists will unveil globe sculptures across cities across the UK next month, highlighting “the reality and impact of the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans”.

The globes will go on show in seven locations—Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool City Region, London, and Swansea (13 August-31 October)—as part of a project organised by “The World Reimagined” education organisation, which claims that the initiative “will be one of the largest art education projects for racial justice the UK has seen”.

There will be 103 globe sculptures on show across the seven cities, with ten globes on show at each “art trail” highlighting nine different themes such as “The reality of being enslaved” and “Abolition & Emancipation”. The tenth globe will be designed by an artist in collaboration with community groups...' Keep reading on The Art Newspaper.