Giant Marilyn Monroe Statue Sparks Outrage in Palm Springs Marilyn Monroe is once again causing controversy. The iconic late actress, who passed away at the age of 36 in 1962, was immortalized in the form of a 26-foot-tall…
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MORE When “Forever Marilyn” was last in Palm Springs, the statue had a primo downtown location at the intersection of Palm Canyon Drive and Tahquitz Canyon Way. Since departing in 2014, the once open lot that was unofficially dubbed “the Marilyn park” has been turned into the Kimpton Rowan Hotel. Photo by Fred Miller (CC BY-SA 2.0).
For generations, Hollywood celebrities have seen Palm Springs as a glamorous desert escape. And legend has it one of the biggest stars of the 20th century was discovered in that little town: Marilyn Monroe.
The iconic actress was 5’ 5” when she wasn’t wearing heels. But a sculpture of the star that passed through Palm Springs a while back had her at 26 feet tall (with heels). That’s about the height of a three-story house.
‘Peaceful protest’ held over ‘Forever Marilyn’ statue placement on Museum Way
Opposition to the ‘Forever Marilyn’ statue continues in Palm Springs. A peaceful protest was held Friday morning to express “community dissent to the statue on Museum Way.”
Protesters gathered at the Marilyn statue base on Museum Way near Belardo Road, just across from the Palm Springs Art Museum.
The protest was organized by a few different groups joining forces, including the Committee to Relocate Marilyn, the change.org/metoomarilyngroup, and the Women’s Issues Committee of the Courageous Resistance of the Desert.
Some locals argue the city is violating codes and planning zoning laws in closing Museum Way. They also argue it interferes with a 2016 downtown Palm Springs plan the community fought for.
Protesters opposing the installation of a Marilyn Monroe sculpture on a site next to the Palm Springs Art Museum Helene Verin
It’s hard to find a single person in the Palm Springs art and design community who supports the city’s decision to install an enormous, voluptuous sculpture of Marilyn Monroe, showing her skirt flying up and underwear exposed, on a public site right next to the Palm Springs Art Museum. And several dozens of those dismayed by the sculpture, its pending placement or both gathered today near the California museum to protest.
“This artwork is misogyny in the guise of nostalgia,” says Elizabeth Armstrong, who was the museum’s director from 2014 to 2018 and was among those who spoke at the rally.” It’s an out-of-date fantasy or delusion of a few men who remember the good old days in Hollywood–those were not good days for women.”