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NEWS ABOUT: statue

statue stories: 20 news summaries

(Newser) - Pez is suing a California store and museum over an 8-foot-tall dispenser custom-made for the establishment—and thus not sanctioned by the Austrian candy-maker, the San Jose Mercury News reports. “From a branding perspective, I think Pez should embrace the Dosses and the museum, instead of trying to attack... More »

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California • museum • Austria • Bay Area • statue • memorabilia • civil lawsuits • candy company • PEZ • dispenser

 Reagan Statue 
 Unveiled on Hill 

Bronze statue graces Capitol rotunda

Jun 3, 09 12:52 PM CDT
(AP) - An overjoyed and teary-eyed Nancy Reagan watched with delight as a bronze statue of her beloved late husband Ronald Reagan was unveiled at the US Capitol today. Reagan-era policymakers also looked on in the Capitol's Rotunda as blue cloth was pulled to reveal a 7-foot statue that casts the 40th... More »

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Congress • Ronald Reagan • statue • Nancy Reagan • former presidents • U.S. Capitol

(Newser) - London officials have overcome their distaste for an American artist and approved a 10-foot, bronze statue of President Reagan, the Independent reports. The Westminster City Council also waived a rule delaying statues for 10 years after a figure's death; Reagan died 5 years ago. Nancy Reagan and former PM... More »

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London • Ronald Reagan • statue • Margaret Thatcher • Nancy Reagan • former presidents • Chas Fagan

 Hipster Jesus Unveiled 

Jesus given jeans and a trim for British church's new statue

May 14, 09 2:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Catholic church in Britain has given Jesus a 21st century makeover, the Daily Telegraph reports. Uckfield Catholic Church's "Jesus in Jeans" sculpture, to be hoisted to the top of its bell tower this week, depicts a rockin' Jesus with a trim haircut and sporting baggy jeans. The design... More »

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church • sculpture • statue • jeans • Britain • Jesus Christ • Jay-ZTV

Statue of Busty
Woman May Be
World's Oldest

Sexualized carving done 35K years ago: German scientists

May 13, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - German scientists have unearthed what may be the world’s oldest statue, a 35,000-year-old ivory carving of a busty woman. The 2.4 inch sculpture with extra-large breasts and an enlarged vulva was found in the same cave as a penis-shaped stone discovered in 2005, and may be an... More »

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fertility • archaeology • Germany • women • art • statue

 Barbaro Statue Awaits 
 Ky. Derby Fans 

His ashes lie below memorial

Apr 27, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bronze statue of the late Barbaro charging mid-air toward his 2006 Kentucky Derby victory has been completed in advance of next week's 135th Derby, the Courier-Journal reports. Buried below the sculpture are the ashes of the beloved colt, who was euthanized two years ago after struggling to recover from... More »

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Kentucky Derby • horse racing • Churchill Downs • horse • statue • Barbado

 Vandals Rip Lenin a New One 


Apr 1, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A bomb exploded this morning at a St. Petersburg tribute to Vladimir Lenin, opening a gaping hole in the statue's backside, the BBC reports. “As a result of the explosion a crater of 31-39 inches appeared on the monument,” a Russian official said. The motive for the attack... More »

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Russia • vandalism • bomb • explosion • statue • monument • St. Petersburg • Communism • Vladimir Lenin

(Newser) - Nefertiti’s image as a flawless beauty of antiquity may not be entirely accurate, Reuters reports. New computer scans reveal a slightly different face at the core layer of the Egyptian queen’s famous 3,300-year-old bust than the finely chiseled planes of the statue’s surface—one with a... More »

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CT scans • statue • ancient Egypt • Nefertiti

(Newser) - The recent recovery of a statue of KFC’s Col. Sanders from a Japanese river is said to have ended a curse on a baseball team there. Which gave the company a clever idea: offer the effigy to the notably hexed Chicago Cubs, Deadspin reports. PETA strenuously objects. “If... More »

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Chicago Cubs • animal cruelty • curse • PETA • statue • KFC • baseball • Osaka, Japan • Kentucky Fried Chicken • Colonel Sanders

 Tables Turn:
 Madoff Gets
 Ripped Off 

Thieves rip-off investment fraudster

Dec 28, 08 7:19 PM CST
(Newser) - In a bit of poetic justice, a thief stole an expensive statue from the Palm Beach estate of Bernard Madoff last week, the New York Post reports. Burglars took a $10,000 copper statue depicting two lifeguards from the fraudster accused of losing $50 billion of investors’ money in a... More »

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fraud • theft • statue • Ponzi scheme • Palm Beach • investor • defrauding investors • Bernard Madoff

 David Could Crumble: Engineer 

Years of traffic, tourism put Michelangelo's marble masterpiece at risk

Sep 19, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michelangelo’s famed statue of David is in danger of collapse and must be stabilized, an Italian engineering professor tells ANSA. Failure isn’t imminent, though a major earthquake could topple the Renaissance masterwork on display in Florence. Small cracks in the statue, thought to have emerged during the 500... More »

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Italy • statue • Florence • Michelangelo • David • Renaissance • structural integrity

 Statue of Roman
 Ruler Unearthed
 in Turkey

Marble Marcus Aurelius discovered amid rubble

Aug 26, 08 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A rich archaeological site in southern Turkey has yielded another spectacular find: the head and limbs of an enormous statue of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. Excavators at Sagalassos, who had previously discovered bits of Hadrian and the Empress Faustina, say the new discovery, with its 3-foot head, represents some... More »

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Turkey • archaeology • Rome • statue

 Serbs Erect
 Bob Marley
 Peace Statue

Reggae legend a symbol of tolerance in Balkans

Aug 25, 08 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eastern Europe may not be known for its reggae scene, but a small Serbian village has chosen iconic wailer Bob Marley as a symbol of peace for the Balkans. A statue of Marley, who died in 1981, was recently unveiled during a rock festival in Banatski Sokolac, reports the BBC.... More »

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Serbia • Croatia • statue • peace • Balkans • Bob Marley

Panel Rips MLK Statue, Says He Looks Like a Dictator

Fed commission calls 28-foot sculpture too much like totalitarian art

May 9, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal arts panel is demanding changes to a colossal statue of Martin Luther King Jr. planned for the heart of Washington because commissioners think King looks too "confrontational," almost like a dictator, reports the Washington Post. The 28-foot-tall statue is to be the centerpiece of a 4-acre... More »

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Washington DC • sculpture • National Mall • statue • monument • Martin Luther King Jr.

What?! Tourist Arrested for Busting Ancient Statue's Ear

Easter Island vandal headed to jail

Mar 27, 08 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Finnish tourist is facing an imposing sentence for cracking an ear off one of Easter Island's ancient monoliths, the Guardian reports. A local woman saw him snap the ear off the 13-foot statue. It shattered in several pieces as it fell to the ground, and he fled with one... More »

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Chile • vandalism • statue • monument • tourists • Easter Island

Aaaay! Milwaukee to Cast Fonz
in Bronze

Art gallery closes
in disgust

Jan 25, 08 2:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Milwaukee’s about to get way cooler. Thanks to private donations and teenagers who bought “Bronze the Fonz” T-shirts, the tourist bureau has raised $85,000 to erect a permanent bronze tribute to Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli, the leather-jacketed biker in the Milwaukee-set '70s hit sitcom “Happy Days.... More »

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television • Wisconsin • Milwaukee • art • sculpture • statue • public art

U. Washington Students Push for Bruce Lee Memorial

School balking over statue of ex-student

Dec 27, 07 6:27 PM CST
(Newser) - University of Washington students are petitioning for the right to build a statue of Bruce Lee, the film icon who studied at the university for three years and offered martial arts classes at the student union. Students argue the statue would be step toward better artistic representation of the school's... More »

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University of Washington • statue • martial arts • Bruce Lee • public art • campus • martial arts movies

7 New Wonders Wear Crown

Online poll spreads the wealth to South America, Asia

Jul 7, 07 6:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The largest online poll ever conducted wrapped up yesterday, and today the results became official. The seven wonders of the modern world, which were announced in Portugal, include an Asian engineering triumph and a South American religious monument, but not the Great Pyramid of Giza—the Egyptian government refused to... More »

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Brazil • Italy • Taj Mahal • seven wonders • Chichen Itza • Machu Picchu • Christ the Redeemer • Petra, Jordan • Colosseum • Great Wall of China • statue

Push to Reopen Liberty's Crown

House votes $1M to study reopening to  visitors.

Jun 27, 07 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The House wants Lady Liberty's crown reopened to visitors intrepid enough to make the climb, and for the second year in a row has set aside $1 million for the National Park Service to figure out how to do it. Since 9-11 only the pedestal at her feet has been... More »

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terrorism • New York City • tourism • September 11 • statue • Lady Liberty • Anthony Weiner • Liberty Island

The Man Who Toppled Saddam Has Second Thoughts

Says US rule is
worse than Hussein's

Mar 19, 07 9:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The former Iraqi weightlifting champion who used a sledgehammer to topple the infamous 20-foot-tall bronze statue of Saddam Hussein four years ago now feels remorse at his symbolic role in the US victory. "I really regret bringing down the statue," Kadhim al-Jubouri says. "The Americans are worse... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Abu Ghraib • Kadhim al Jubouri • statue • Uday Hussein

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