Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says the symbol of America’s freedom could lose its meaning if Washington refuses to drop charges against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who faces the prospect of 175 years in prison. “If they take him to the United States and he is sentenced to the …
Read More »‘Indiana Jones’ returns statue stolen 50 years ago
A French museum has gotten one of its most valuable artifacts back thanks to the savviness of Dutch art detective Arthur Brand, nicknamed the “Indiana Jones of the art world,” who managed to find the statue of Roman god Bacchus almost half a century after it was stolen. The Musee …
Read More »WATCH man climb BBC to attack statue by controversial artist
A sculpture by British artist Eric Gill perched on the facade of the BBC’s Broadcasting House has been attacked by a hammer-wielding man. Beyond his art, Gill became posthumously infamous for sexually abusing his children and dog. A man climbed a ladder to access the statue, depicting the Shakespearean characters …
Read More »Statue of sitting president toppled & beheaded (PHOTOS)
A newly-unveiled statue of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the municipality of Atlacomulco, which has strong ties to the opposition, was knocked down several days after it was inaugurated by a mayor. The statue was unveiled on Thursday in a festive ceremony led by Atlacomulco’s outgoing mayor Roberto …
Read More »Oxford university new plaque at condemned Rhodes statue describes mogul as ‘committed colonialist’ & exploiter of Africans
Last week Oriel College, Oxford erected a plaque for a statue of Cecil Rhodes which sits on the main façade of the college building. The explanatory panel has been added to the statue after its existence came under threat last year during a spate of BLM [Black Lives Matter] protests …
Read More »Michelangelo’s David canceled? Replica of iconic nude statue has its genitals COVERED UP at Dubai Expo – reports
The 17-foot resin replica, manufactured from laser scans of the sculpture and coated with marble dust, was apparently intended to be displayed unobstructed, just like the original masterpiece, which resides at the Accademia Gallery in Florence, Italy. However, the organizers of the international trade event – held over from last …
Read More »With General Lee statue removed, Virginia officials bury SUPER-WOKE time capsule under its base
Municipal workers in Richmond, Virginia, removed a giant equestrian statue of Lee on Wednesday, bringing to a close a long campaign by activists to topple the monument to the Confederate general. A time capsule, buried under the statue since 1887, was also removed, as in the words of Governor Ralph …
Read More »‘US obliterating what little history they had’: Toppling of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s statue polarizes Americans
The dispute over the fate of General Lee statue reached its climax early on Wednesday morning, when municipal workers turned up on Richmond’s historic Monument Avenue with a cherry-picker. As they were removing the statue from its graffiti-covered podium, the debate over whether it was the right move raged on. …
Read More »Removal of Confederate statue in Charlottesville causes division, with protesters calling it an erasure of history
In 2017, the proposed removal of the statue led to the infamous Charlottesville Unite the Right rally, during which a protester against the event was killed during a car attack. Now, nearly four years after the rally, Charlottesville, Virginia has taken down the statue, with Mayor Nikuyah Walker calling it …
Read More »‘God Bless Abortions’ sign draped across massive Jesus statue in Arkansas by activists over ‘attempts to ban’ terminations
Images of the banner, placed on the Christ of the Ozarks monument located at the top of Magnetic Mountain, began circulating on Friday after it was erected overnight. Guerilla protest art group Indecline took credit for hanging the banner and said in a press release that it was meant as …
Read More »