# Brooklyn cemetery’s ‘grave of secrets’ lets visitors bury confessions 2026-08-16T14:26:12+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A white marble obelisk in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery, installed by French artist Sophie Calle in 2017, serves as a 'grave of secrets.' Visitors can write down their deepest secrets and slide them into a slot in the base. The project, commissioned by Creative Time, runs until 2042, after which Calle will periodically exhume and cremate the secrets in a ceremonial service. Calle told The New York Times her intent is art, not therapy. The installation was inspired by a secret her ex-lover confided in her after their breakup. Katie Hollander, executive director of Creative Time, described the project as offering 'a moment of catharsis.' ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Green-Wood Cemetery, Sophie Calle Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/brooklyn-cemeterys-grave-of-secrets-lets-visitors-bury-confessions/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/brooklyn-cemeterys-grave-of-secrets-lets-visitors-bury-confessions/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/