langs: 1 июня [ru] / june 1 [en] / 1. juni [de] / 1er juin [fr] / 1º giugno [it] / 1 de junio [es]
days: may 29 / may 30 / may 31 / june 1 / june 2 / june 3 / june 4
#1 Pio Fedi
Pio Fedi (1815 – 1892) was an Italian sculptor who worked chiefly in the Romantic style. [1] Italian sculptor Pio Fedi Born Pio Fedi ( 1816-05-31 ) 31 May 1816 Viterbo Died 1 June 1892 (1892-06-01) (aged 76) Florence Nationality Italian Known for Sculptor, etching
#2 Alice Neel
Alice Neel (January 28, 1900 – October 13, 1984) was an American visual artist , who was known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, poets, artists, and strangers. Her paintings have an expressionistic use of line and color, psychological acumen, and emotional intensity. Her work depi
#3 Louisa Finch, Countess of Aylesford
Louisa Finch, Countess of Aylesford (née Thynne ; 25 March 1760 – 28 December 1832) was an English naturalist and botanical illustrator who made studies and paintings of the plants, algae, and fungi from the Warwickshire area. English painter The Right Honourable The Countess of Aylesford Louisa, Co
#4 Louis Huvey
Louis Huvey (4 June 1868 – 4 March 1954) was a French painter, printmaker and poster artist. French painter Louis Huvey 1954 photograph of Huvey Born ( 1868-06-01 ) 1 June 1868 Saint-Étienne , Loire Died 4 March 1954 (1954-03-04) (aged 85) Nationality French Occupation painter, printmaker and post
William Mustart Lockhart (26 January 1855 – 3 January 1941) was a Scottish watercolour painter, born in Perth and later resident in Glasgow . [1] His middle name, taken from his mother's maiden name, is occasionally noted as Mustard. Not to be confused with William Ewart Lockhart . William Mustart L
#6 Tetsuo Araki
Tetsuo Araki was a 20th-century Japanese print artist. [1] He worked mostly with aquatints and etchings . [2] Original prints are sold at around US$500. [3] He was born in Tokyo, Japan where he studied at the Musashino Art University . Eventually, he moved to a studio in Paris to continue his work.
Maria Spilsbury (1776–1820) [1] was a British artist known for her religious paintings and portraiture. British artist (1776–1820)
William James Stillman (June 1, 1828 – July 6, 1901) was an American journalist, diplomat, author, historian, and photographer. Educated as an artist, Stillman subsequently converted to the profession of journalism, working primarily as a war correspondent in Crete and the Balkans, where he served
Vico Consorti (1902–1979) [1] was an Italian sculptor who built the bronze Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica in 1950. In 1980, a year after his death, he received an award from the city of Grosseto for artistic merits. Italian sculptor Vico Consorti Porta Santa in St Peter's Basilica Born ( 1902-07-
David Reed (born 1946) is a contemporary American conceptual and visual artist . American painter David Reed Painting #580 by David Reed, 2006-2008 Born 1946 (age 75 – 76) [1] San Diego, California Nationality American Education Reed College , New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpt
Arthur John Balliol Salmon [note 1] (1868 – 1953) was a British artist particularly noted for his illustrations and his work in pencil, chalk and pastels. He was one of the twenty leading illustrators selected by Percy V. Bradshaw for inclusion in his Art of the Illustrator . [note 2] British artist
#12 Atena Farghadani
Atena Farghadani ( Persian : آتنا فرقدانی ; born 29 January 1987) is an Iranian artist and political activist, who was imprisoned for 18 months. Amnesty International considers her a prisoner of conscience . [1] She was released on 3 May 2016. [2] Iranian artist and political activist Atena Farghada
#13 Roxy Paine
Roxy Paine (born 1966, [1] New York City ) is an American painter and sculptor widely known for his installations that often convey elements of conflict between the natural world and the artificial plains man creates. He was educated at both the College of Santa Fe (now Santa Fe University of Art an
#14 Rocío Caballero
Rocio Caballero (born June 1, 1964) [1] is a Mexican figurative painter, whose works often depict mythical worlds and are noted for her use of symbolism. Her work has been exhibited individually and collectively in Mexico, the United States, South America and Europe and can be found in collections s
#15 Galo Galecio
Galo Galecio Taranto (June 1, 1906 in Vinces – April 14, 1993 in Quito ) was an Ecuadorian painter, sculptor, caricaturist, and printmaker. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( November 2013 ) He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Guayaquil , and received a scholarship to
#16 Anthony Caro
Sir Anthony Alfred Caro OM CBE (8 March 1924 – 23 October 2013) was an English abstract sculptor whose work is characterised by assemblages of metal using ' found ' industrial objects. [1] His style was of the modernist school, having worked with Henry Moore early in his career. [1] He was lauded
#17 Sanubar Tursun
Sanubar Tursun ( Uighur : سەنۇبەر تۇرسۇن ; born 1971) is a Uyghur female singer-songwriter, famous dutar player and researcher for Uyghur Muqams . Tursun released her first album in 2000. For over a decade her voice filled town bazaars and rang out from local taxis and long-distance buses across the
#18 John Smart (landscape artist)
John Smart RSA RSW (16 October 1838 – 1 June 1899) was a Scottish landscape painter , painting in both oils and watercolour. [1] He was a keen golfer and is perhaps best known for his early paintings of golf courses in Scotland such as " The Golf Greens of Scotland ". Gravestone of John Smart at War
David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor. American sculptor David Vincent Hayes Born ( 1931-03-15 ) March 15, 1931 Hartford, Connecticut U.S. Died April 9, 2013 (2013-04-09) (aged 82) Coventry, Connecticut, U.S. Nationality American Education University of Notr
Zwelethu Mthethwa (born 1960) is a South African painter and photographer. He was convicted of murder in 2017, and is currently incarcerated at Pollsmoor Prison . [1] South African painter and photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa Born 1960 Durban , South Africa Nationality South African Education Michaeli
#1 Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum (colloquially MSU Broad ), is a contemporary art museum at Michigan State University in East Lansing , Michigan. It opened on November 10, 2012. [2] [3] Broad Art Museum from Grand River Ave Art museum in East Lansing, Michigan Not to be confused with The Broad in
#2 KW Institute for Contemporary Art
The KW Institute for Contemporary Art (also known as Kunst-Werke) is a contemporary art institution located in Auguststraße 69 in Berlin - Mitte , Germany. Klaus Biesenbach was the founding director of KW; the current director is Krist Gruijthuijsen . KW Institute for Contemporary Art Location withi
Castlemaine Art Museum is an Australian art gallery and museum in Castlemaine, Victoria in the Shire of Mount Alexander . It was founded in 1913. It is housed in a 1931 Art Deco building constructed for the purpose, heritage-listed by the National Trust. [1] Its collection concentrates on Australian
#4 Artechouse
Artechouse (stylized in all caps ) is an American innovative art space and destination for immersive and interactive art exhibitions. Dedicated to showcasing works by new media artists, Artechouse main goal is to present exhibitions that support its mission to inspire, educate, and empower others. [
#5 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pont-Aven
The Musée des Beaux Arts de Pont-Aven also known as Museum of Pont-Aven was created in 1985 with the support of the French Museum Department and the Finistère Conseil Général . The modern wing built in 1985 is reserved for exhibitions and the old wing, which was renovated in 1987, houses a historica
Museum Folkwang is a major collection of 19th- and 20th-century art in Essen , Germany. The museum was established in 1922 by merging the Essener Kunstmuseum , which was founded in 1906, and the private Folkwang Museum of the collector and patron Karl Ernst Osthaus in Hagen , founded in 1902. [2] Th
#7 Smack Mellon
Smack Mellon is a non-profit arts organization located at 92 Plymouth Street, in Dumbo, Brooklyn . Smack Mellon supports emerging, under-recognized mid-career, and women artists through a highly regarded exhibition program, competitive studio residency, and technical support to realize new and ambit
#8 Old Salem
Old Salem is a historic district of Winston-Salem, North Carolina that was originally settled by the Moravian community in 1766. [3] This small city features a living history museum (operated by the non-profit Old Salem Museums & Gardens, organized as Old Salem Inc.) that interprets the restored Mor
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas , along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In the 1970s, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the Arts District . [1] The new building was designed by Edwa
The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: [2] the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis (founded in 1958), [3] the Fogg Museum (established in 1895 [4] ), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (established in 1903 [4] ), and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (established in 1
The Design Museum of Chicago or "DMoC" (formerly Chicago Design Museum) is a museum of design in the Chicago loop . It was founded by Tanner Woodford in 2012 as a pop-up museum , [1] and hosted exhibitions in different venues around Chicago in 2012 and 2013. [2] [3] [4] Following a successful Kickst
#12 Korean Cultural Center New York
The Korean Cultural Center New York (KCCNY) (Korean: 뉴욕한국문화원), a branch of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the Republic of South Korea , is a government institution supported by the Korean Consulate General. Inaugurated in December 1979, KCCNY works to establish and promote Korean cu
#13 Museum of Romanticism (Madrid)
The Museum of Romanticism ( Spanish : Museo del Romanticismo ) is a State-owned art museum located in Madrid , Spain . It was inaugurated in 1924 as Museo Romántico . Art museum in Madrid, Spain Museum of Romanticism Museo del Romanticismo Established 1 June 1924 ( 1924-06-01 ) Location Calle
The Bronx Walk of Fame is a 23-block corridor along the Grand Concourse , one of the main boulevards in the Bronx , the northernmost borough of New York City , with street signs honoring people who have lived in the borough and had worthy accomplishments. Individuals selected for honor frequently ha
#15 Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History
The Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History ( 豊橋市美術博物館 , Toyohashi-shi Bijutsu Hakubutsukan ) is a purpose-built municipal art museum and local cultural museum in Toyohashi , Aichi Prefecture , Japan . It opened in 1979. Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History 豊橋市美術博物館 Toyohashi City Art Museum Es
#16 Kalkin House (Shelburne Museum)
The Kalkin House was an exhibition building at Shelburne Museum , Shelburne, Vermont . Designed by New Jersey -based architect and artist Adam Kalkin, it opened on June 1, 2001. [1] [2] The prefabricated building was made of three trans-oceanic shipping containers housed within a commercially produc
#17 Randall Museum
The Randall Museum is a museum in central San Francisco , California , owned and operated by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department with the support of the Randall Friends. The museum focuses on science, nature and the arts. On exhibit are live native and domestic animals and interactive di
The Gasometer Oberhausen is a former gas holder in Oberhausen , Germany, which has been converted into an exhibition space. It has hosted several large scale exhibitions, including two by Christo and Jeanne-Claude . The Gasometer is an industrial landmark, and an anchor point of the European Route o
The Dresden City Art Gallery ( Städtische Galerie Dresden – Kunstsammlung ) is the municipal art collection of Dresden , Germany , housed in the city's Landhaus . It was formed by the 19th and 20th century artworks of the Stadtmuseum Dresden , split off from the Museum and given a separate display i
#20 Willard Gallery
The Willard Gallery was a contemporary art gallery operating in New York City from 1940 until 1987. It was founded by Marian Willard Johnson. [1]
The Portland Vase is a Roman cameo glass vase, which is dated to between AD 1 and AD 25, though low BC dates have some scholarly support. [1] It is the best known piece of Roman cameo glass and has served as an inspiration to many glass and porcelain makers from about the beginning of the 18th centu
#2 Portrait of Thomas Cromwell
Portrait of Thomas Cromwell is a small oil painting by the German and Swiss artist Hans Holbein the Younger , usually dated to between 1532 and 1534, when Cromwell , an English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540, was around 48 years old.
The Constellations are a series of 23 paintings on paper produced from January 1940 to September 1941 by the Spanish surrealist Joan Miró . Art historians and museum curators have said of the paintings: "Universally considered one of the greatest achievements of his career", [1] : 1 p. "The Cons
Map the Miner , also known as Map Kernow or the Son of Cornwall , is a 7-metre (23 ft) statue commemorating the Cornish mining history of the town of Kapunda in South Australia . Built by Ben van Zetten, the statue stands to at the southern entrance to the town, and is regarded as one of Australia
Bear Flag Monument (also known as Raising of the Bear Flag ) is a public artwork located at the Sonoma Plaza in Sonoma, California in the United States . A monument to the Bear Flag Revolt , the piece is listed as a California Historical Landmark . [1] Bear Flag Monument Raising of the Bear Flag Art
Symphony in White, No. 3 , is a painting by James Abbott McNeill Whistler . The work shows two women, one sitting on a sofa dressed in white, and the other resting on the floor, with a yellowish dress. The model on the sofa is Joanna Heffernan , the artist's mistress. By calling the painting Symphon
The Fishermen ( Spanish : "Los Pescadores" ) is a sculpture by Jim and Christina Demetro, installed in Puerto Vallarta . 2018 sculpture by Jim and Christina Demetro Not to be confused with The Fisherman (Puerto Vallarta) . The Fishermen Spanish: Los Pescadores The sculpture in 2021 Artist Jim Demetr
#8 Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase
Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase (originally in French Femme nue montant l'escalier ) is a drawing done with pencil and charcoal on card made by Joan Miró in 1937. It is part of the permanent collection of the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona. [1] Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase French: Femme nue mo
#9 Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and his Comrades
The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and his Comrades ( Latin : Passio Mauricii et sotiorum ejus ) is an illuminated manuscript commissioned as a diplomatic gift to Giovanni Cossa by the Venetian general Jacopo Antonio Marcello (1399–1464). The smallest miniatures are attributed to an unknown Lombard arti
#10 Woman Ironing
Woman Ironing [1] (1904) is an oil painting by Pablo Picasso completed during the artist's Blue Period (1901—1904). This evocative image, painted in neutral tones of blue and gray, depicts an emaciated woman with hollowed eyes, sunken cheeks, and bent form, as she presses down on an iron with all he
Madam X is an 1889 portrait painting by Halil Pasha of either his wife, Aliye Hanım, or a Parisian woman. Painting by Halil Pasha Portrait of Madam X Artist Halil Pasha Year 1889 Medium Oil and pastels on cardboard Subject Wife of the painter, Aliye Hanım or a Parisian woman Dimensions 65 cm × 1
#12 Rokeby Venus
The Rokeby Venus ( / ˈ r oʊ k b i / ; also known as The Toilet of Venus , Venus at her Mirror , Venus and Cupid , or La Venus del espejo ) is a painting by Diego Velázquez , the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age . Completed between 1647 and 1651, [3] and probably painted during the artist's v
#13 The Shortening Winter's Day is near a Close
The Shortening Winter's Day is Near a Close (1903) and its replicas -- The Shortening Winter's Day is Near a Close (circa 1903) and Beneath the Snow Encumbered Branches (name attached in 2008) -- are oil on canvas paintings by Scottish painter Joseph Farquharson . The iconic artworks depict a shephe
#14 18. Oktober 1977
18. Oktober 1977 is the title of a series of paintings by Gerhard Richter . It is based on photographs that document the deaths of three leading terrorists of the Baader-Meinhof Group in the Stammheim Prison after the release of the hostages in the hijacking by four members of the Popular Front for
#15 Colin Lauder
Colin Lauder (c. 1750 – 25 October 1831), Worlds End Close, Edinburgh ) was a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh FRCSEd, and a burgess of Edinburgh . His portrait was painted by Sir Henry Raeburn . This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresp
The Spear is a painting by Cape Town -based South African artist Brett Murray . Put on public display in 2012, it depicts the then South African President Jacob Zuma , his genitals revealed, in a standing pose reminiscent of Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin . [2] The painting triggered a defamat
#17 Equestrian statue of Edward Horner
The equestrian statue of Edward Horner stands inside St Andrew's Church in the village of Mells in Somerset , south-western England. It was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens , as a memorial to Edward Horner, who died of wounds in the First World War . The sculpture was executed by Sir Alfr
Western Cattle in Storm is a $1 stamp issued by the United States Post Office Department as part of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue . Western Cattle in Storm is one of nine commemorative postage stamps in the series, which marked the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition held in Omaha, Nebraska. While
#19 George Floyd mural (Portland, Oregon)
A mural of George Floyd was painted by Emma Berger outside Portland, Oregon 's Apple Pioneer Place , on June 1, 2020, a week after his murder , against the background of the ongoing protests against police brutality. She expanded the mural to show Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor and phrases associa
#20 Assumption of the Virgin (El Greco)
The Assumption of the Virgin is an oil on canvas painting by Greek-born artist Doménikos Theotokópoulos, known as El Greco in 1577–1579. The painting was a central element of the altarpiece of the church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo, Spain. [1] It was the first of nine paintings that El Gre
#1 Vicente Grez
Vicente Grez Yávar (21 January 1847 – 1 June 1909 [note 1] ) was a Chilean politician, journalist, and writer.
Richard Sedlmaier (10 August 1890 – 1 June 1963) was a German art historian . German art historian
#3 Robert Hobbs
Robert Carleton Hobbs is an art historian and curator specializing in twentieth-century art. Since 1991 he has held the Rhoda Thalhimer Endowed Chair of American Art in the School of Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University , [1] a highly ranked art department. Since 2004 he has served as a visiting p
John Frohnmayer (born June 1, 1942) is a retired attorney from the U.S. state of Oregon . He was the fifth chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts , a program of the United States government. He was appointed by President George H. W. Bush in 1989, and served until 1992. American attorney, w
James S. Snyder is executive chairman of the Jerusalem Foundation . [1] An art historian and museum director, Snyder is director emeritus of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and a senior fellow at the Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School. [2] American art historian This biographical ar
#6 Timothy Rub
Timothy F. Rub (born 1952) is an American museum director and art historian. He currently holds the position of the George D. Widener Director and Chief Executive Officer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art , one of the largest museums in the United States. American art historian
#7 Asta Vrečko
Asta Vrečko (born 13 August 1984 in Celje ) is a Slovenian art historian and politician . She serves as the minister of culture of the Republic of Slovenia since 2022. [1] Slovenian politician Asta Vrečko Minister of Culture Incumbent Assumed office 1 June 2022 Preceded by Vasko Simoniti Personal de
#8 Anna Fárová
Anna Fárová (1 June 1928 – 27 February 2010) was a Czech art historian who specialized and catalogued Czech and Czechoslovak photographers, including František Drtikol and Josef Sudek . [1] [2] She was one of the pioneers of writing on history of photography. Her publishing activities helped to esta
Woldemar von Seidlitz (1 June 1850, in St Petersburg – 12 January 1922, in Dresden ) was a Russian -born German art historian . German art historian (1850–1922) He studied economics at the universities of Dorpat and Heidelberg , followed by studies of art history at Leipzig as a pupil of Anton Sprin
#10 Ulrike Lorenz
Ulrike Lorenz (born 1963 in Gera ) is a German art historian and President of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar . [1] German art historian In 2008, the art historian Ulrike Lorenz became director of the Kunsthalle Mannheim . In 2009, after a renewal in the juvenile-style building (1907) of the Kunsthalle
#11 Evelyn Welch
Evelyn Kathleen Welch MBE ( née Samuels ; born 1959) is an American-English scholar of the Renaissance and Early Modern Period , and Vice Chancellor of the University of Bristol. Prior to her role as Vice Chancellor, Evelyn was the professor of Renaissance Studies, Provost, and Senior Vice President
#12 Esmond George
Robert Esmond George (20 April 1888 – 1959) was an Australian theatre actor and director, but mostly remembered as a watercolor artist and art critic. His wife, professionally known as Elizabeth George, was a well-known journalist.
Jacob Baart de la Faille (1 June 1886, Leeuwarden – 7 August 1959, Heemstede ) compiled the first catalogue raisonné of the work of Vincent van Gogh , published in 1928. The catalogue was revised and republished by an editorial committee in 1970, and this version is considered to be the definitive c
#14 Gustave Geffroy
Gustave Geffroy (1 June 1855 – 4 April 1926) was a French journalist, art critic, historian and novelist. He was one of the ten founding members of the literary organisation Académie Goncourt in 1900. Gustave Geffroy c. 1900 Paul Cézanne , Portrait of Gustave Geffroy , 1895. Oil on canvas, 110 × 89
#15 Max Hollein
Max Hollein (born 7 July 1969 in Vienna ) [1] is an Austrian art historian and the current Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City . He served as Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco from July 2016, [2] until April 2018, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announ
Giuseppe Cozza-Luzi (24 December 1837 – 1 June 1905) was an Italian savant and abbot of the Basilian monastery of Grottaferrata near Rome.
#17 Didier Ottinger
Didier Ottinger , born in Nancy in 1957, is a French museum curator, art critic and author. He is known for organizing exhibitions and publishing books on modern and contemporary painting. He is now assistant director of the Centre Pompidou [1] [2] at the Musée national d'art moderne in Paris. [3] F
#18 Charles Rogers (collector)
Charles Rogers FSA (2 August 1711– 2 January 1784) was an English customs official, known as an art collector. He also wrote on drawings, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society . English art collector and connoisseur Charles Rogers, 1777 portrait
#19 Matteo Marangoni
Matteo Marangoni (12 July 1876 – 1 June 1958) was an Italian art historian, art critic and composer. [1] Italian art historian and composer Matteo Marangoni (left) with his pupil Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti Marangoni's art criticism aimed at identifying pure figurative values, in which an artwork's po
#20 Karl Döhring
Karl Siegfried Döhring (often misspelled Döring; 14 August 1879, in Cologne – 1 June 1941, in Darmstadt; also writing under the pseudonym Ravi Ravendro ) was a German architect, art historian and archaeologist. He lived mostly in Siam, now called Thailand .
#1 Anglo-Boer War Memorial (Johannesburg)
The Anglo-Boer War Memorial was originally called the Rand Regiments Memorial and dedicated to the men of the Witwatersrand who joined as British soldiers in the Rand Regiments and who had lost their lives during the Second Boer War (1899–1902). The memorial is now next door to the South African Nat
The Eternal Indian , sometimes called the Black Hawk Statue , is a 48-foot (14.6 m) sculpture by Lorado Taft located in Lowden State Park , near the city of Oregon, Illinois . Dedicated in 1911, the statue is perched over the Rock River on a 77-foot (23.5 m) bluff overlooking the city. United States
The Prince Imperial Memorial is a memorial cross and battlefield in Nqutu , KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa . It is dedicated to Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France who made his last stand on the site in 1879 and was built on the spot where he died. [1] The memorial was erected on the orders of Queen V
John Harvard is a sculpture in bronze by Daniel Chester French in Harvard Yard , Cambridge, Massachu setts honoring clergyman John Harvard (1607–1638), whose deathbed [2] bequest to the "schoale or Colledge" recently undertaken by the Massachu setts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it
Appomattox is a bronze statue commemorating soldiers from Alexandria, Virginia , who had died while fighting for the Confederacy during the American Civil War . The memorial was located in the center of the intersection of South Washington Street ( Virginia Route 400 ) and Prince Street in the Old T
#6 Monument to the Unknown Hero
The Monument to the Unknown Hero ( Serbian : Споменик Незнаном јунаку , romanized : Spomenik Neznanom junaku ) is a World War I memorial located atop Mount Avala , south-east of Belgrade , Serbia , and designed by the sculptor Ivan Meštrović . [1] The memorial was built in 1934-1938 [1] on the pla
#7 African American Civil War Memorial Museum
The African American Civil War Memorial Museum , in the U Street district of Washington, D.C. , recognizes the contributions of the 209,145 members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT). The eponymous memorial, dedicated in July 1998 by the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation
Loyalty ( Russian : Памятник преданности ) is a monument to a faithful dog in the Russian city of Tolyatti . Loyalty Памятник преданности Coordinates 53°32′46.59″N 49°21′43.61″E Location Tolyatti , Samara Region Designer Oleg Klyuyev Material Bronze Height about 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) Opening date
#9 Confederate Memorial (Romney, West Virginia)
The Confederate Memorial (also referred to as the First Confederate Memorial ) at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia , commemorates residents of Hampshire County who died during the American Civil War while fighting for the Confederate States of America . It was sponsored by the Confeder
#10 Goddess of Democracy (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong's Goddess of Democracy is a 6.4-metre faux bronze statue sculpted by Chen Weiming , inspired by the original 10-metre tall Goddess of Democracy . The original foam and papier-mâché statue was erected by the Chinese pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square at the end of May 1989, and dest
Héctor Lavoe is a 6-foot tall bronze [3] statue to the memory of salsa singer Héctor Lavoe who reached his professional height during the 1970s. [4] The bronze statue is located at the sea-front recreational complex Complejo Recreativo y Cultural La Guancha in Barrio Playa , Ponce, Puerto Rico . The
Maman (1999) is a bronze, stainless steel, and marble sculpture by the artist Louise Bourgeois . The sculpture, which depicts a spider , is among the world's largest, measuring over 30 ft high and over 33 ft wide (927 x 891 x 1024 cm). [1] It includes a sac containing 32 marble eggs an
#13 Orpheus with the Awkward Foot
Orpheus with the Awkward Foot (also simply known as Orpheus or the Francis Scott Key Monument ) is a monumental statue located at Fort McHenry in Baltimore , Maryland , United States. The monument, designed by sculptor Charles Henry Niehaus , was commissioned by the United States Commission of Fine
For the Love of God is a sculpture by artist Damien Hirst produced in 2007. It consists of a platinum cast of an 18th-century human skull encrusted with 8,601 flawless diamonds, including a pear-shaped pink diamond located in the forehead that is known as the Skull Star Diamond. [1] The skull's teet
The GLAAD Media Award is an accolade bestowed by GLAAD to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) community and the issues that affect their lives. [1] In addition to film and television, the Awa
#16 Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
Since the 1960s, many municipalities in the United States have removed monuments and memorials on public property dedicated to the Confederate States of America (CSA; the Confederacy), and some, such as Silent Sam in North Carolina, have been torn down by protestors. Efforts to remove Confederate me
The Fleet Air Arm Memorial , sometimes known as Daedalus , is a war memorial in London, commemorating the service of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm from their establishments in 1914 and 1924 respectively, in the First World War , the Second World War , the Korean War , the Falklan
#18 Reunification Monument, Copenhagen
The Reunification Monument ( Danish : Genforeningsmonumentet) marks the main entrance to Fælled Park from Trianglen in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen , Denmark. It was created, by the artist Axel Poulsen in collaboration with the architect Holger Jacobsen , to commemorate the reunification of S
The Mojave Memorial Cross , officially known as the White Cross World War I Memorial , is a cross formerly on public land in the Mojave desert in San Bernardino County, California that was at the center of the Salazar v. Buono legal case before the U.S. Supreme Court . [1] [2] [3] [4] The original c
#20 Silent Sam
The Confederate Monument, University of North Carolina , commonly known as Silent Sam , is a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier by Canadian sculptor John A. Wilson , which once stood on McCorkle Place of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) from 1913 until it was pulled down by