French President Emmanuel Macron’s wax figure was stolen on Monday from the Grevin Museum in Paris. The figure was taken by three individuals claiming to be Greenpeace activists, a police source told AFP.Two women and a man reportedly entered the central Paris museum posing as tourists and exited through an emergency door with the figureThe […]
A monument to Josef Stalin has been unveiled at one of Moscow’s busiest subway stations, the latest attempt by Russian authorities to revive the legacy of the brutal Soviet dictator. The sculpture shows Stalin surrounded by beaming workers and children with flowers. It was installed at the Taganskaya station to mark the 90th anniversary of […]
Several MAGA supporters compared the Qatari jet gift with Statue of Liberty which was also a gift from France. Right-wing commentator, author Ann Coulterjoined the MAGA voices that defended President Donald Trump accepting a Qatari Boeing from the royal family and said the Statue of Liberty was also a gift to the US, accepted by […]
A Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago is returned from South Korea (Photo: AP) A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a years long legal battle between Japan and South Korea over its ownership that had further […]
A striking 12-foot bronze statue of a fictional Black woman now stands in New York’s Times Square, provoking fierce debate and widespread commentary online. Unveiled on April 29 and set to remain until June 17, the sculpture, titled Grounded in the Stars, depicts a young woman in everyday attire—braided hair, T-shirt, and trousers—with a calm […]
A new statue in the heart of Times Square is drawing both praise and criticism, sparking a fierce debate over public art, identity, and cultural representation. Unveiled on April 29 and on display until June 17, the 12-foot-tall bronze figure, titled Grounded in the Stars, was created by British artist Thomas J Price as part […]
In song, and then in bronze, she has become an emblem of Irish culture and an enduring symbol of working-class Dublin. But to the familiar folklore of Molly Malone represented in her statue on Suffolk Street in central Dublin – a pretty young face, a hawker’s cart of cockles and mussels, a low-cut frilly dress […]
Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky’s statue in Canada smeared with poop amid backlash over ties with Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP/Mario Nawfal) A statue of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky in Edmonton became the target of vandalism after an unknown individual defaced it with faeces. The incident, which took place outside Rogers Place, has drawn attention as […]
