CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 1/18/2026

Artbook at MoMA PS1 presents Paul M. Farber and Sue Mobley launching 'Monument Lab: Re:Generation'

Sunday, January 18, at 4 PM EST, Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore presents a celebration of the Temple University Press publication Monument Lab: Re:Generation. Editors Paul M. Farber and Sue Mobley will be in conversation, followed by a Q&A and book signing.

Event livestreamed on Instagram at @artbookps1.

Please RSVP for the event and pre-order a copy here.

Monument Lab: Re:Generation presents case studies that travel across America, highlighting local commemorative campaigns dedicated to advancing public memory. Featuring articles and artwork from the country’s leading monument makers, each project includes a framing essay that provides insights into the varied contexts of location, culture, form, and subject matter. The publication provides innovative, healing, and practical approaches to the United States’ unreconciled past and divided present facing our nation. In doing so, it invites readers to engage with a broader discourse of monuments and public memory. Edited by Paul M. Farber and Sue Mobley. Contributors: Thomas J. Adams, Kareal Amenumey, Sháńdíín Brown, Jonathan Jae-an Crisman, Kristen Dorsey, Aruna D'Souza, Mariluz Franco Ortiz, Jacqui Germain, Grace Sanders Johnson, Dani R. Merriman, Deirdre Cooper Owens, Naima Murphy Salcido, Kirk Savage, Clint Smith, Tsione Wolde-Michael, Eric Zimmer, and the editors.

Beginning in 2022, the Philadelphia-based nonprofit public art, history, and design studio, Monument Lab, launched a nationwide initiative organized around a central question: Which stories belong in public? The editors and contributors to Monument Lab: Re:Generation responded with creative and impactful projects of reclamation that provide a deeper understanding of how monuments live and function in communities.

Temple University Press, 2026 | 320 pages | 6.75 x 9.25 inches | $35.00

Paul M. Farber is a curator, historian, and educator from Philadelphia. He is Director and Co-Founder of Monument Lab. He is also Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Public Art & Space at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. Farber is the author or coeditor of several books including Monument Lab: Creative Speculations on Philadelphia.

Sue Mobley is a New Orleans based urbanist, organizer, and advocate. She is Director of Research at Monument Lab. Sue was most recently a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Art and Space at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, as well as a member of the New Orleans City Planning Commission. Sue was Co-Director of Paper Monuments, served as the inaugural Visiting Fellow for Arts and Culture at the American Planning Association and was Public Programs Manager at the Small Center for Collaborative Design at Tulane School of Architecture.

Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore
Paul M. Farber and Sue Mobley launching 'Monument Lab: Re:Generation'
Sunday, January 18, 4 PM
22-25 Jackson Ave (at 46th Ave.)
Long Island City, NY 11101
(718) 433-1088
RSVP and pre-order a book here.