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Published time: 1 Oct, 2017 14:27 The Lion of Allat statue from the 1st century AD went on display in Damascus National Museum Sunday after the 15-ton monument, heavily damaged by the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants, underwent restoration. “It was an internationally known symbol of Palmyra, it was standing in front of the […]
Published time: 16 Sep, 2017 23:01 Edited time: 16 Sep, 2017 23:27 Several hundred protesters have outnumbered and surrounded a small number of activists which assembled at the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond Virginia to protect the historic heritage. A few dozen activists turned up Saturday morning to an event organized […]
Vandals defiled a 125-year-old bronze statue of Christopher Columbus in New York’s Central Park overnight, covering its hands in ‘blood’ red paint and scrawling in white paint “Hate will not be tolerated” on its pedestal. A worker for the Central Park Conservancy discovered the vandalism early Tuesday morning and called the police, according to the […]
Published time: 5 Sep, 2017 23:00 The so-called “Sextremist” group FEMEN staged another one of its signature bare-chested protests outside the Ukrainian parliament building on Tuesday. The activist, dressed in a “first grader’s” uniform, braved the elements and the consternation of onlookers to stage the topless protest atop a statue outside the Verkhovna Rada building […]
We have a T-Rex! In fact, you can have a T-Rex from Jurassic Park as well if you happen to have a stack of cash lying around to spend on a fifth scale statue of the dinosaur from Steven Spielberg’s modern classic. Chronicle Collectibles is releasing the latest in their line of Jurassic Park statues […]
Published time: 18 Aug, 2017 12:19 The Russian Communist Party has criticized the authorities in the US city of Seattle over plans to remove a statue of Lenin from the city. The party said it is against vandalism and supports the diversity of monuments to different political ideals all over the world. “The war of […]
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana (Reuters) – Authorities in Maryland on Friday removed a statue of a 19th century Chief Justice who wrote the pro-slavery Dred Scott decision in the latest example of action over memorials that have sparked protests across the United States. Crews in state capital Annapolis hitched straps overnight to the 145-year-old bronze […]
Published time: 16 Jul, 2017 14:32 Hundreds of Catholic demonstrators have turned out to protest the planned installation of a satanic statue at a Minnesota memorial park. Saturday’s protest saw droves of protesters sing and pray while holding placards that read “Satan is evil, evil has no rights“, “Honk against Satan” and “Satan takes souls […]
Mark Lennihan/AP In March, asset manager State Street — and advertising agency McCann New York — put a bronze statue of a defiant girl in front of Wall Street’s iconic charging bull statue. On Monday, Fearless Girl swept the Cannes Lions, picking up the Grand Prix in the Glass, PR and Outdoor Lions categories at […]
Published time: 30 May, 2017 22:22 Edited time: 30 May, 2017 22:23 A statue of a dog urinating on New York’s ‘Fearless Girl’ bronze cast is causing uproar online – yet the man behind the statue says it’s simply a protest against “corporate nonsense.” Artist Alex Gardega provoked the backlash when he positioned his ‘Sketchy […]
