Culture news Copenhagen's Little Mermaid is site of political graffiti again The statue has been the site of political protest many times before from the Iraq War to Turkey joining the EU and this time it's Russia in the firing line. 15/03/2022
See Vladimir Putin wax statue removed from Grévin Museum in Paris 'He was attacked a few times this weekend, and we received a few threats on the phone." 03/03/2022
no comment Wax statue of Vladimir Putin removed from Grévin museum in Paris Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompts the director of the Grévin Museum in Paris to remove the wax statue of Vladimir Putin from the collection, which includes many other world leaders 01/03/2022
See Learn about the most crucial UK archaeological discovery in 100 years The chalk drum statue is a significant development in understanding Britain's neolithic inhabitants and will feature in an exhibition on the subject. 11/02/2022
Touch 'Art detective' returns stolen Roman statue to France 50 years later Dutch art retrieval expert Arthur Brand worked to get the statue back to the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais after its owner expressed suspicions about its origins. 02/02/2022
See Statue of colonial governor toppled in Puerto Rico Juan Ponce de León was the first colonial governor of Puerto Rico and is known for putting down a rebellion of indigenous people forced into labour. 25/01/2022
Culture news Peru's Mochica man thrills onlookers with his giant ceramic phallus The statue is three metres tall and has a phallus measuring a whopping 1.5 metres in length. 05/01/2022
See Cristiano Ronaldo statue in India's Goa, divides opinions of locals A statue of Cristiano Ronaldo, commissioned to inspire the youth of India, has received backlash given Portugal's colonial past in the Goa region. 31/12/2021
no comment Frank Sinatra honored with statue in his Hoboken, New Jersey hometown Hollywood legend Frank Sinatra was honored with a life-size bronze sculpture in his hometown of Hoboken, New Jersey on Sunday 12 December 2021. 14/12/2021
no comment Sculpture 'shushes' toward NYC skyline The artist, Jaume Plensa from Barcelona, Spain, says he intends for the sculpture to inspire silent contemplation of nature and the world. 23/10/2021
world news Two marble angels stolen from church in 1989 are returned to Italy A British art collector has returned two 17th-century marble angels to Italy after learning that they were stolen in 1989. 19/10/2021
Mexico Statue swap in Mexico City as indigenous woman replaces Colombus It comes as Mexico moves to erase symbols of the Spanish colonial era. 13/10/2021
Italy Italian coastal town faces backlash for 'sexist' bronze statue The statue was unveiled during a ceremony attended by the former prime minister Giuseppe Conte in Sapri, in the southern Campania region. 28/09/2021
Money Hungary unveils statue of Bitcoin’s anonymous founder The statue’s creators say it is the first in the world to honour the mysterious cryptocurrency creator ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’. 17/09/2021
no comment Confederate statue taken down in Virginia Confederate statue taken down in Virginia 08/09/2021
Denmark Copenhagen's Little Mermaid finds herself in the middle of a dispute Another artwork that "looks too much like the original" in another corner of the country has caused a bit of tension. 19/08/2021
Canada Queen Victoria, Elizabeth II statues defaced during Canada Day protest It follows the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children at former schools for indigenous children. 03/07/2021
Greece Greek trio arrested for selling priceless Roman statue for €40,000 One of the three found the statue in his garden and asked the other two to sell it, police say. 28/06/2021
Hungary Black Lives Matter statue torn down a day after its Budapest unveiling "The rainbow stripes are undoubtedly very irritating to the vandals," its creator told Euronews 02/04/2021
Poland Poland clears LGBT activists of putting rainbow on Roman Catholic icon "This is a triumph for the LGBT+ resistance movement in the most homophobic country of the European Union,'' the Love Does Not Exclude group said. 02/03/2021
no comment Trump's waxwork already removed from display at Paris' Musee Grevin Trump's statue "cost a lot of hair", laughs the museum's director-general. 20/01/2021
no comment Pope prays in surprise visit to Virgin Mary statue in Rome Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to the statue of the Virgin Mary on Tuesday after his pilgrimage to the statue was cancelled due to the pandemic. 08/12/2020
United Kingdom Statue of feminist icon causes controversy Statue in honour of feminist Mary Wollstonecraft unveiled in London on Tuesday caused mixed reactions from the public as it depicts a naked woman. 11/11/2020
no comment Statue honouring 'real women' unveiled in New York's Central Park The new statue represents Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) -- campaigners for the rights of women and people of colour 27/08/2020
no comment Tel Aviv artist depicts Netanyahu at 'Last Supper' table Artist Itay Zalait said the piece in Rabin Square, which features an image of Netanyahu perched at a long dining table with his hand in a cake, represents "the last meal of Israeli democracy". 30/07/2020
USA Christopher Columbus statues removed in Chicago after protests The statues of the Italian explorer were taken down in two Chicago parks after protesters trying to topple one of them clashed with police. 25/07/2020
