Central Park and its first monument honoring women’s rights advocates on 100th anniversary of suffrage
A bronze statue depicting three pivotal women’s rights advocates, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth, was unveiled today in Central Park in New York, marking the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing the
Babylon is coming back to life, with its famed Ishtar Gate to be restored by this summer
A new World Monuments Fund (WMF) project in Babylon, funded as part of a $3m donation by the US embassy in Baghdad first bestowed in 2018, aims to repair and restore the famed Ishtar Gate by this summer. As soaring melodies
Glut of sculpture in London auctions, despite Giambologna withdrawal
Too often, the sculpture market plays second fiddle to paintings, but during this week’s Old Master sales in London, works in bronze and marble are the stars. Between them, Sotheby’s and Christie’s were going to offer up the “best group
A Canova statue lost in an English garden for decades and bought for £5,200 will be sold at Christie’s London for £8m
Headlining Christie's Classic Week sales in London this July will be a rediscovered marble statue by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova, executed in the final year of the artist's life. Should the work fetch anywhere within its £5m-£8m estimate, this
More than just marble: expansive new book on Bernini focuses on his world as much as his sculptures
The twisted body of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s David—muscles taut, brow furrowed in concentration, as he is poised to release the stone that will defeat Goliath must have been an impressive enough spectacle to those who first saw it in 1624, even
Rare Henry Moore Sculpture Spent Decades Sitting on Mantelpiece at English Farm
For decades, a small, unassuming lead statue sat on the mantel of a farmhouse in England. Now identified as a previously unknown sculpture by 20th-century British Modernist Henry Moore, the artwork will go under the hammer in March. It carries an estimate of
Statue of Pre-Hispanic Woman Will Replace Columbus Sculpture in Mexico City
A pedestal in the center of Mexico City that once hosted a statue of Christopher Columbus has stood empty since last October. Now, reports Johnny Diaz for the New York Times, a sculpture of an Indigenous woman is set to replace the controversial explorer’s likeness. Mayor
Turkish Archaeologists Unearth Headless Statue of Greek Health Goddess
Excavations in western Turkey have revealed a marble statue depicting Hygieia, the Greco-Roman goddess of health and cleanliness. As Muharrem Cin reports for the state-run Anadolu Agency (AA), experts unearthed the life-size sculpture during digs in the ancient city of Aizanoi, located in
The plastic of the Hellenistic period
In the years mediated by the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. until 31 BC, art is directly dependent on developments in social, political, and economic terms. In addition to the constant warfare of the Successors and the increase in
Giannoulis Halepas: The tragic life of the greatest Greek sculptor
As you disembark at the port of Tinos, one of the first images you see are the huge banners with the image of Giannoulis Halepas. It has been 81 years since his death and in this magical place, the personality
