All articles tagged with #sculpture
The September 28, 2026, NYT Strands puzzle (No. 939) features a 'creative mediums' theme with a vertical spangram of 'SCULPTURE.' The word list includes Soapstone, Glass, Marble, Wood, Clay, Bronze, and Steel. The New York Times rates the puzzle as 'challenging,' while Mashable describes the theme as straightforward for creative solvers.
Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF has partnered with Lexus to create two full-scale automotive sculptures, 'Circle Car' and 'Twisted Car,' for the 'Motomorphosis' exhibition at Chelsea Industrial in New York. The works, which open September 24, 2026, during Armory Week, take the Lexus RZ450e and RX450h+ and physically distort them using techniques borrowed from 3D animation, such as squash-and-stretch and smear frames. The Circle Car bends the RZ450e into a continuous nose-to-tail loop, while the Twisted Car spirals the RX450h+ around a central axis. These pieces are described as 'Form Cars,' inverting the traditional concept car by making movement permanent within the object's shape rather than its function. The sculptures were built using conventional auto-body techniques, including steel armatures and Bondo, alongside actual Lexus parts, though they are not functional vehicles. Lexus frames the collaboration under its 'Electric Made Art' initiative, treating electrification as a medium for artistic expression rather than just propulsion.
President Donald Trump urged the Smithsonian to replace the Infinity sculpture outside the National Museum of American History with a 30-foot statue of George Washington and to mount a Washington exhibit, highlighting political pressure on Smithsonian exhibits amid leadership changes.
Italian sculptor Sergio Furnari unveils a six-foot-5 bronze statue of Charlie Kirk in Times Square on Sept. 10 at 2:33 p.m., marking the assassination anniversary and aiming to spark dialogue about freedom of speech rather than politics; the $100,000 work was self-funded and backed by a crowdfunding effort amid threats to the artist.
The Kennedy Center has removed the Blue sculpture from its grounds near The REACH. Known as the mascot for National Dance Day, the piece was described by staff as a welcoming fixture, and its removal prompted sadness from those who valued its role in the campus’s culture and celebrations.
Joel Shapiro’s outdoor sculpture 'Blue,' installed in 2019 as part of the Kennedy Center’s REACH expansion, is being removed with Rock Creek Parkway closed for the operation; the move comes amid leadership changes at the center and related controversy surrounding the Trump era.
A San Francisco couple unearthed a 150-pound limestone statue buried in their Russian Hill yard, dating it to the 1930s and suggesting a link to WPA-era artists near the San Francisco Art Institute; they plan to display it publicly while they search for its maker.
Archaeologists at Karahantepe in southeastern Türkiye have uncovered a ~70 cm tall, 11,000-year-old statue of a human seated on the back of a leopard. Found in 2026 on a stone bench inside a small, stone-floored structure, this piece adds a new variation to the site’s human-animal imagery, where leopards are common but usually depicted differently. The exact meaning remains uncertain pending further publication, underscoring the Neolithic community’s complex relationship with predators and the role of narrative stone art at Karahantepe.
U.S.-based artist Gao Zhen, part of the Gao Brothers, was sentenced to three years in prison for ‘infringing upon the reputation of heroes’ over satirical works including Mao Zedong statues; Gao was arrested in August 2024 while visiting family in China and has been in custody since, highlighting restrictions on political art and free expression in China.
A San Francisco couple unearthed a carved limestone sculpture in their Russian Hill backyard. While the piece’s style evokes Ralph Stackpole and the city’s Art Deco era, attribution is not confirmed, but experts say it could be valuable if proven authentic.
President Donald Trump installed a bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson in the Rose Garden, the fifth new statue in a broader overhaul of the White House grounds, with three statues provided by donor Harlan Crow, highlighting Trump’s ongoing effort to reshape memorials surrounding the presidency.
A guerrilla-art collective installed a gold-painted toilet throne near the Lincoln Memorial as a faux tribute to Donald Trump’s White House renovations; the inoperable sculpture on the National Mall has drawn mixed reactions from visitors, highlighting protest against the Trump era, with no comment from the White House.
Anonymous artists placed a Titanic-themed statue on the National Mall showing Trump embracing Epstein, a provocative satire that has drawn both praise and scorn as the third Mall installation highlighting the Trump–Epstein connection.
Renowned Pittsburgh sculptor Thaddeus G. Mosley Jr., famed for monumental salvaged‑wood abstractions and an enduring array of public artworks, died at 99 after hospice care. A self‑taught artist who built a late‑career international profile (including a Carnegie International show and representation by Karma), Mosley’s work adorns sites from the Hill District to CMU and the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, with ongoing exhibitions and a forthcoming Arts Landing installation that extend his influential legacy.
A marble bust in Rome’s Sant’Agnese fuori le mura is reattributed to Michelangelo after decades of archival research, challenging the idea that the master destroyed works late in life; the sculpture, preserved for centuries by a Catholic order, is now on display in the basilica under an alarm system.