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The We Are Bristol History Commission has concluded that the statue of Edward Colston should be put on display An independent citywide consultation into the future of the recently toppled statue of Bristol slave trader Edward Colston has concluded it should be housed in a museum. The recommendation presented by the We Are Bristol History […]
A bronze Theodore Roosevelt monument has been hauled away from its longtime perch outside the American Museum of Natural History Theodore Roosevelt, once revered enough to be chosen as one of four US presidents immortalized on Mount Rushmore, is now deemed too offensive for his statue to remain outside a museum that his father co-founded […]
A protester took a hammer to a statue created by an famous pedophile adorning the facade of the BBC headquarters 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 […]
Police in Victoria are calling for witnesses after unidentified vandals tried to behead a newly-installed statue of Mahatma Gandhi. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has condemned the “disgraceful” incident. Morrison unveiled the life-sized bronze sculpture in the Melbourne suburb of Rowville on Friday. Over the weekend, however, “an unknown number of offenders” used a “power […]
A giant 3D-printed copy of Michelangelo’s famous statue of David displayed at the Expo 2020 in Dubai has been caught up in a censorship controversy, after organizers obscured its genitalia to adhere to strict public nudity laws. The 17-foot resin replica, manufactured from laser scans of the sculpture and coated with marble dust, was apparently […]