Tag: Sculpture

Subcommittee recommends Vel Phillips statue outside Capitol

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MADISON, Wis. — A statue of Wisconsin's first black secretary of state outside the state Capitol came a little closer to reality Tuesday after...

Famed British seascape by J.M.V. Turner up for auction

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LONDON — A seascape by renowned British painter J.M.V. Turner will be auctioned by Sotheby’s on Wednesday. ...

3 interested in Charlottesville Confederate statues, so far

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Three entities have already expressed interest in acquiring two statues of Confederate generals from downtown Charlottesville parks, including one that was...

Theodore Roosevelt statue at New York museum to be relocated

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NEW YORK — A prominent statue of Theodore Roosevelt at the entrance of The American Museum of Natural History will be removed after years...

Georgian director, screenwriter Gabriadze dies at 84

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TBILISI, Georgia — Rezo Gabriadze, a legendary Georgian theater director and film screenwriter who has won broad fame across the former Soviet Union for...

Felled UK slave trader statue displayed; city mulls its fate

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LONDON — A statue of a 17th-century slave trader that was toppled during anti-racism protests in the English city of Bristol is being displayed...

Off-duty Italy art cops find looted statue in Belgian shop

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ROME — Italian police say they have recovered a 1st century Roman statue that was stolen from an archaeological site in 2011 and found...

Vandals damage famous Norwegian baby statue in Oslo park

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HELSINKI — A Norwegian museum said Tuesday that a famous statue of a baby boy stomping his feet in anger has been removed from...

Greek police recover ancient statue of ‘exceptional artwork’

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ATHENS, Greece — A man has been arrested on suspicion of antiquities smuggling for trying to sell an ancient marble statue of “exceptional artwork”...

Lin Emery, sculptor of movement, nature, dies at 94

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NEW ORLEANS — Lin Emery, a New Orleans-based artist whose delicately balanced moving sculptures can be seen worldwide, has died. She was 94. ...