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News Articles: statues

Pedestrians look at a statue of Donald Trump behind Gerhard Marcks' sculpture <em>Maja</em>, in Maja Park in Philidelphia.

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  • National

It's not just D.C.: Satirical Trump statues are appearing in cities across the U.S.

Trump statues appeared next to sculptures of nude women in Portland and Philadelphia. The plaques bear the title In Honor of a Lifetime of Sexual Assault and quote Trump's Access Hollywood remarks.

October 31, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
A Roman-era statue, thought to represent Marcus Aurelius, stands in a gallery at the Cleveland Museum of Art on June 25, 2010.

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  • Art & Design

Roman emperor statue seized from Cleveland Museum of Art in smuggling investigation

The headless statue is believed to depict Marcus Aurelius. The investigation into its origins comes over a decade after Turkey claimed that 21 objects at the museum were linked to an illicit trade.

September 01, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
The fascist origins of this Roman sports center can be seen in its monumental sculpture and architecture.

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  • Europe

Italy has kept its fascist monuments and buildings. The reasons are complex

Unlike Germany, which after World War II underwent a rigorous de-Nazification effort, pride, rather than shame, is the emotion many Italians feel for the symbols of the country's fascist past.

February 25, 2023
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
Statues wrapped in protective materials stand in Lviv's old quarter in western Ukraine. Officials are taking precautions to protect statues from being destroyed in Russian attacks.

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  • World

Ukraine scrambles to protect artifacts and monuments from Russian attack

On top of the humanitarian crisis, Ukrainians worry about Russian destruction of cultural heritage sites. In Lviv, they're wrapping statues in fireproof material to protect them from Russian bombs.

March 15, 2022
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  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Claire Harbage
Protesters climb on the base of the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue on June 6, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia amid continued protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody. The statue is set to be taken down on Sept. 8, 2021.

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  • National

The FAA Has Temporarily Banned Drones Around The Robert E. Lee Statue In Richmond

The temporary ban will remain in place until the statue's removal on Wednesday. The FAA says it was putting the ban in place for "Special Security Reasons."

September 07, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
People head into the service building at the Cheesequake Rest Area in South Amboy, N.J.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: New Jersey Renames Its Rest Stops As A Nation Rethinks Monuments

New Jersey will honor nine of its most illustrious citizens by slapping their names on rest stops along the Garden State Parkway. Scott Simon muses over what becomes a legend most.

July 31, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
The statue of Sebastián de Belalcázar, a 16th century Spanish conquistador, lies on the ground after it was pulled down by Indigenous people in Popayán, Colombia, earlier this year.

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  • World

U.S. Statue Removals Inspire Indigenous People In Latin America To Topple Monuments

The latest target was a statue of Sebastián de Belalcázar, a Spanish conquistador who founded two Colombian cities and led a military campaign that killed and enslaved thousands of Indigenous people.

September 30, 2020
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  • John Otis
A statue of the abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass, pictured here, was torn from its base in Rochester, N.Y., on the anniversary of his famous speech "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

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  • National

Frederick Douglass Statue Torn Down On Anniversary Of Famous Speech

The statue in Rochester, N.Y., where Douglass lived for decades, was installed two years ago as part of a commemoration of the abolitionist's 200th birthday.

July 06, 2020
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  • Matthew S. Schwartz

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