langs: 29 сентября [ru] / september 29 [en] / 29. september [de] / 29 septembre [fr] / 29 settembre [it] / 29 de septiembre [es]
days: september 26 / september 27 / september 28 / september 29 / september 30 / october 1 / october 2
Ahmad Hokmabadi Tabrizi ( Persian : سید احمد حکمآبادی تبریزی , romanized : Ahmad-e Hokmabadi-ye Tabrizi ; 29 September 1890 – 11 March 1946), later known as Ahmad Kasravi ( Persian : احمد کسروی , romanized : Ahmad-e Kasravi ), was a pre-eminent Iranian linguist , nationalist , religious refor
Jacques-Elie-Abraham Hermanjat (29 September 1862, Geneva - 12 October 1932, Aubonne ) was a Swiss painter who worked primarily in the Fauvist and Divisionist styles and was one of the first Swiss artists to draw on the work of Paul Cézanne . [1] He was also involved in cultural politics. Swiss pain
#3 Jeff Wall
Jeffrey Wall , OC , RSA (born September 29, 1946) is a Canadian artist best known for his large-scale back-lit Cibachrome photographs and art history writing. Early in his career, he helped define the Vancouver School [ citation needed ] and he has published essays on the work of his colleagues and
Esther Rolick (1922 – 2008) was an American painter born in Rochester, New York, on October 9, 1922. She studied at the Art Students League and was represented by Jacques Seligmann Galleries in New York in the early 1950's. She was a fellow at Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony, and her exhibition credi
Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol or Abel de Pujol (30 January 1785 in Valenciennes – 29 September 1861 in Paris) was a French painter. He was a student of David and his own students included Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and Emile Levy . He painted the ceiling of the grand-staircase at the Louvre as well a
Igor Sinyavin (Russian: Игорь Синявин; October 10, 1937 – February 15, 2000) was a Soviet Nonconformist painter. His artistic and written work provides insight into Soviet censorship and struggle for artistic independence. Igor Sinyavin Синявин Игорь Иванович Born October 10, 1937 Sinyavino, Leningr
Johann Karl Bähr (1801–1869) was a German painter and writer. German painter and writer Johann Karl Bähr Self-portrait (1820) Born ( 1801-08-18 ) 18 August 1801 Riga , Governorate of Livonia , Russian Empire Died 29 September 1869 (1869-09-29) (aged 68) Dresden , Kingdom of Saxony Occupation Paint
Louis-Marie Désiré-Lucas (15 October 1869, Fort-de-France , Martinique – 29 September 1949, Douarnenez) was a French painter. Authority control General VIAF 1 WorldCat National libraries France (data) United States Art galleries and museums South Australia Art research institutes RKD Artists (Nether
Melissa Stewart Newman [1] (born September 27, 1961), [1] also known as Lissy Newman , is an American artist, singer [2] and former actress who appeared in the 1990 film Mr. & Mrs. Bridge , and at the 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards . Not to be confused with Melissa Newman , who debuted in 1969 as
#10 David B. Williams (artist)
David B. Williams is a noted Canadian Ojibway aboriginal artist. David B. Williams Born ( 1947-12-26 ) December 26, 1947 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Died September 29, 2009 (2009-09-29) (aged 61) Winnipeg , Manitoba Occupation Artist Originally from Garden River First Nation just outside Sault Ste.
#11 Raymond Han
Raymond Han was an American painter who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii , in 1931, and died in upstate New York in 2017. [1] After study with Willson Young Stamper (1912–1988) at the Honolulu Museum of Art , Han moved to New York City and studied at the Art Students League of New York with Frank Mason
#12 Gabriel Ferrier
Gabriel-Joseph-Marie-Augustin Ferrier (29 September 1847 in Nîmes – 6 June 1914 in Paris ) was a French portrait painter and orientalist . French painter Gabriel Ferrier. Photograph by Pierre Petit
#13 Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami ( 村上 隆 , Murakami Takashi , born February 1, 1962) is a Japanese contemporary artist . He works in fine arts media (such as painting and sculpture) as well as commercial (such as fashion , merchandise, and animation) and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts as we
#14 Len Castle
Leonard Ramsay Castle DCNZM CBE (23 December 1924 – 29 September 2011) was a New Zealand potter . New Zealand potter (1924—2011) Len Castle DCNZM CBE Castle and his family at home in Titirangi (1973) Born Leonard Ramsay Castle ( 1924-12-23 ) 23 December 1924 Auckland , New Zealand Died 29 September
#15 Vladimír Vašíček
Vladimír Vašíček (29 September 1919, Mistřín – 29 August 2003, Svatobořice ) was a Czech painter. He was one of the pioneers of Czech modern and abstract painting after the World War II . [ citation needed ] Czech painter (1919–2003) This article needs additional citations for verification . ( June
Cynthia Plaster Caster (born Cynthia Dorothy Albritton ; May 24, 1947 – April 21, 2022) was an American visual artist and self-described "recovering groupie " who gained fame for creating plaster casts of celebrities' erect penises . American artist (1947–2022) Cynthia Plaster Caster Born Cynthia Do
#17 Luis Nishizawa
Luis Nishizawa (February 2, 1918 – September 29, 2014) was a Mexican artist known for his landscape work and murals, which often show Japanese and Mexican influence. He began formal training as an artist in 1942 at the height of the Mexican muralism movement but studied other painting styles as well
Eugène Lawrence Vail or simply Eugène Vail (29 September 1857, in Saint-Servan – 25 December 1934, in Paris [1] ), was a French-American painter; best known for his works of village scenes in the Impressionistic style. French painter Eugène Lawrence Vail (before 1900)
Vladimir Dimitrov — Maystora ( Bulgarian : Владимир Димитров — Майстора ) (1 February 1882 – 29 September 1960), was a Bulgarian painter , draughtsman and teacher. He is considered one of the most talented 20th century Bulgarian painters and probably the most remarkable stylist in Bulgarian pain
#20 Miles Aldridge
Miles Aldridge (born 29 September 1964) is a British fashion photographer and artist . English fashion photographer (born 1964) Miles Aldridge Born ( 1964-09-29 ) 29 September 1964 (age 58) [1] North London , England Occupation Photographer, artist Years active 1995–present Spouse Kristen McMena
The Hyde Collection is an art museum in the city of Glens Falls in Upstate New York . The collections were endowed by the Hyde family. The museum is housed in a historic refurbished early twentieth-century residence, the Hyde House , located at 161 Warren Street in Glens Falls , New York , a buildin
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
#3 Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah College of Art and Design ( SCAD ) is a private nonprofit art school with locations in Savannah, Georgia ; Atlanta, Georgia ; and Lacoste , France. Private nonprofit art school in Savannah, Georgia, United States Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Savannah College of Art and Design M
#4 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
The Image Centre (formerly known as the Ryerson Image Centre and the Ryerson Gallery and Research Centre ) is an photography and art museum in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. The centre is a university museum operated by Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), and is housed in a renovated and remodelled
#6 Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art
The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art is a privately owned contemporary art gallery in Oslo in Norway . It was founded and opened to the public in 1993. [1] The collection's main focus is the American appropriation artists from the 1980s, but it is currently developing towards the international c
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]
Goa State Museum , also known as the State Archaeology Museum, Panaji , is a museum in Goa , India. Established in 1977, it contains departments including Ancient History and Archaeology, Art and Craft, and Geology. The museum, as of 2008, had about 8,000 artifacts on display, including stone sculpt
Murray Art Museum Albury (abbreviated MAMA) is a contemporary art museum located in Albury , Australia . Formerly known as the Albury Regional Art Gallery it was renamed as part of a $10.5 million refurbishment which included renovations to the former gallery building, the neighbouring burrows house
#10 Timoteo Navarro Museum of Art
The Timoteo Navarro Provincial Museum of Fine Arts is the leading museum of its kind in Tucumán Province , Argentina . The Timoteo Navarro Museum of Art
The Asiatic Society is a government of India organisation founded during the Company rule in India to enhance and further the cause of "Oriental research", in this case, research into India and the surrounding regions. It was founded by the philologist William Jones on 15 January 1784 in a meeting p
#12 Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art
The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art is a teaching museum on the campus of Hamilton College [1] in Clinton, New York . The Wellin invites visitors to discover the arts and form unexpected connections through groundbreaking exhibitions, a globally representative teaching collection, and engaging p
The C. Grimaldis Gallery is a contemporary and modern art gallery established in 1977 by Constantine Grimaldis. It is the longest continually operating gallery in Baltimore, Maryland . [1] The gallery specializes in post-WWII American and European art with an emphasis on contemporary sculpture. [2]
#14 Mougins Museum of Classical Art
The MACM , the Mougins Museum of Classical Art (Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins) is an art museum located in the village of Mougins , in the Alpes-Maritimes department, France. It is 30 minutes from Nice airport and 15 minutes from the centre of Cannes . This article needs additional citations for
The Stanley Spencer Gallery is an art museum in the South of England dedicated to the life and work of the artist Stanley Spencer . It was opened in 1962 and is located in the Thameside village of Cookham , Berkshire where the artist was born and spent much of his life. The gallery's collection comp
#16 Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is located on the fourth floor of the Brooklyn Museum , New York City , United States.
Opened in 2003, the Nasher Sculpture Center is a museum in Dallas , Texas , that houses the Patsy and Raymond Nasher collection of modern and contemporary sculpture. It is located on a 2.4-acre (9,700 m 2 ) site adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art in the Dallas Arts District . Museum in Dallas, U
The Rockbund Art Museum ( RAM , simplified Chinese : 上海外滩美术馆 ; traditional Chinese : 上海外灘美術館 ; pinyin : Shànghǎi Wàitān Měishùguǎn ; lit. 'Shanghai Bund Art Museum' ) is a contemporary art museum in central Shanghai . [1] [2] The museum is on Huqiu Road, in the former Royal Asiatic Society [3] build
Williams & Everett (est.1855) in Boston , Massachusetts , was an art dealership run by Henry Dudley Williams and William Everett. The firm sold original artworks by American and European artists, as well as "photographs and carbon-pictures of eminent persons, noted places, and famous paintings." [1]
#20 Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti
The Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti is a leading French public utility institution created by a French Ministry of Culture decree of December 2003. [1] Its purpose is the promotion, dissemination, preservation and protection of the works of Alberto Giacometti . It is headquartered in Paris ,
#1 Statue of Alexander Andreyevich Baranov
A statue of Alexander Andreyevich Baranov is installed in Sitka, Alaska . The memorial has been vandalized, [1] and was relocated to the Sitka Historical Society and Museum in Harrigan Centennial Hall on September 29, 2020. [2] Statue of Alexander Andreyevich Baranov The statue in 2007 Subject Alexa
Edmund Burke is a bronze full length statue of Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher Edmund Burke by British artist James Havard Thomas . The original is in Bristol , England, with a second cast on Massachusetts Avenue at 11th and "L" Streets, NW, in Washington, D.C. ,
#3 Les Gentilshommes du Duc d'Orléans
Les Gentilshommes du Duc d’Orléans dans l’habit de Saint-Cloud (English: The Duke of Orléan's Gentlemen dressed in the frock coats of Saint-Cloud ) is one of Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux best known paintings which he painted in 1839. However, this painting is only a copy of the original gouach
#4 Madonna and Child with St Peter Martyr and a Donor
Madonna and Child with St Peter Martyr and a Donor is a 1503 oil-on-panel painting by Lorenzo Lotto , the first known work by the artist, painted early in his time in Treviso . The two figures to the left are Peter Martyr and a donor or the infant John the Baptist . Its date is inscribed on the reve
#5 Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata
The Shrine of Santa Maria della Steccata is a Greek-cross design Renaissance church in central Parma , Italy. The name derives from the fence (Italian: steccato ) in the church. A Nursing Madonna is enshrined within, crowned on 27 May 1601 by a Marian devotee, Fray Giacomo di Forli of the Capuchin o
The Three Dikgosi Monument is a bronze sculpture located in the Central Business District of Gaborone , Botswana . The statues depict three dikgosi (tribal chiefs): Khama III of the Bangwato , Sebele I of the Bakwena , and Bathoen I of the Bangwaketse . Events are held at the monument such as the 20
#7 Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland
Our Lady of Sorrows , Queen of Poland , Our Lady of Licheń , or Virgin of Licheń is a Roman Catholic icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated by its Polish faithful dating from 1772 and is permanently enshrined within the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń , in central Poland, which was built to honor
#8 Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Andalusian
Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Andalusian [2] [3] is a painting by James McNeill Whistler . The work shows a woman in full figure standing with her back to the viewer, with her head in profile. The model is Ethel Whibley , (née Birnie Philip) the artist's secretary and sister-in-law. Painting by Ja
Harry Peckham (1740 [2] – 10 January 1787) was a King's Counsel , [3] judge and sportsman who toured Europe and wrote a series of letters which are still being published over 200 years later. Peckham was a member of the committee that drew up early laws of cricket [4] including the first inclusion o
#10 Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision
Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision is one of the paintings that was made as a part of the Stuckism art movement, [1] [2] and is recognized as a "signature piece" for the movement, [3] It was painted by the Stuckism co-founder Charles Thomson in 2000, and has been exhibited in a numbe
#11 Adoration of the Magi (Rubens, Madrid)
The Adoration of the Magi is a very large oil painting by the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens . He first painted it in 1609 and later gave it a major reworking between 1628 and 1629 during his second trip to Spain. It is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid . Painting by Peter Paul Rubens
#12 List of works by Thomas Eakins
This is a list of professionally authenticated paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Thomas Eakins (1844–1916). As there is no catalogue raisonné of Eakins' works, [1] this is an aggregation of existing published catalogs. Photograph of Thomas Eakins c. 1882
#13 Erasmus Darwin
Erasmus Robert Darwin FRS [1] (12 December 1731 – 18 April 1802) was an English physician. One of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment , he was also a natural philosopher , physiologist , slave-trade abolitionist , [2] inventor, and poet. English physician (1731-1802) This article is abo
Zenith is a painting created by American artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol in 1985. It sold for $11.4 million at Phillips in May 2014, the highest price paid at auction for a Warhol-Basquiat collaboration. [1] Painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol Zenith Artist Jean-Michel Basq
#15 Statue of Orville L. Hubbard
A statue of Orville L. Hubbard was installed in 1989 in Dearborn, Michigan , United States. The sculpture was removed in June 2020. [1] Statue of Orville L. Hubbard Year 1989 ( 1989 ) Subject Orville L. Hubbard Location Dearborn, Michigan , U.S.
The Fontaine Bartholdi is a fountain sculpted by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and realised in 1889 by Gaget & Gautier. It was erected at the Place des Terreaux , in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon , in September 1892. [1] Fountain in Lyon, France Fontaine Bartholdi Artist Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi Com
#17 Statue of Hugh Myddelton, Islington Green
The Statue of Hugh Myddelton in Islington Green , London, England, commemorates Hugh Myddelton (1560–1631) near the site of the original terminus of the New River in whose construction he had played a major role. Statue of Hugh Myddelton The statue in 2005 Artist John Thomas Year 1862 ( 1862 ) Med
The 107th Infantry Memorial is an outdoor bronze sculpture and memorial located at the intersection of East 67th Street and Fifth Avenue in Central Park , in Manhattan , New York , which honors members of the 107th Infantry who died during World War I . Created by the sculptor Karl Morningstar Illav
Paysage Bords de Seine [1] ( On the Shore of the Seine [2] or Landscape on the Banks of the Seine [1] ) is an 1879 oil painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir . It was stolen in 1951 from the Baltimore Museum of Art and resurfaced in 2012. Paysage Bords de Seine English: On the Shore of the Seine , Englis
Robert Atkinson Westall [1] (7 October 1929 – 15 April 1993) was an English author and teacher known for fiction aimed at children and young people . Some of the latter cover complex, dark, and adult themes. [2] [3] He has been called "the dean of British war novelists". [4] His first book, The Mach
#2 Albert Boime
Albert Boime (March 17, 1933 – October 18, 2008), was an American art historian and author of more than 20 art history books and numerous academic articles. He was a professor of art history at the University of California, Los Angeles for three decades, until his death. American art historian Alber
#3 William Beckford (novelist)
William Thomas Beckford (29 September 1760 – 2 May 1844) was an English novelist , art collector, patron of decorative art, critic, travel writer, plantation owner and for some time politician . [1] He was reputed at one stage to be England's richest commoner . The son of William Beckford and Maria
Margaret Day Blake (February 20, 1876 – September 29, 1971) was the first woman Trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago . [1] She collected drawings, which she donated to the Art Institute. She was also involved with the Woman's Land Army , chairing the group for the Illinois division. [2] American
#5 Siri Engberg
Siri Engberg is curator of visual arts at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis , Minnesota . [1] She wrote or edited a number of catalogues raisonnés , often with the artist's participation. Engberg organized about a half dozen shows before becoming assistant and then curator, which allowed her to c
Sydney M. Irmas (July 27, 1925 – August 29, 1996) [1] was an American attorney, investor, philanthropist and art collector. American lawyer Sydney M. Irmas Born July 27, 1925 Los Angeles, California, US Died August 29, 1996 (aged 71) Los Angeles, California, US Education University of California, Lo
#7 Douglas Cooper (art historian)
(Arthur William) Douglas Cooper , who also published as Douglas Lord [1] [2] (20 February 1911 – 1 April 1984) [3] was a British art historian , art critic and art collector . He mainly collected Cubist works. He was involved with investigating who had dealt with stolen art during the war. After the
#8 Myron Kunin
Myron Kunin (September 29, 1928 – October 30, 2013) was an American businessman and art collector. He was the founder of the Regis Corporation . [1] [2] [3] His collection of African art was auctioned by Sotheby's in 2014 for over US$40 million. [4] The vast majority of his collection was 20th centu
Carl Georg Heise (28 June 1890 – 11 August 1979) was a German art historian . From 1945 to 1955 he was director of the Kunsthalle Hamburg . German art historian (1890-1979)
#10 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
Edward Pinnington (1846–1921) was a Scottish art historian , biographer and journalist. He is mainly known for his authoritative biographies of Scottish artists but he also wrote several articles on Robert Burns and his family. Edward Pinnington Born ( 1846-01-01 ) 1 January 1846 Blairgowrie , Perth
#12 Cathérine Hug
Cathérine Hug (born 1976) is an art historian and curator.
#13 Jiang Weipu
Jiang Weipu ( Chinese : 姜维朴 ; June 1926 – 29 September 2019) was a Chinese lianhuanhua artist, publisher, and art historian. Considered a founder of the lianhuanhua industry in the People's Republic of China, he has been called the "patron saint of lianhuanhua ". Chinese artist, publisher, and art h
#14 Józef Sandel
Józef Sandel (Yiddish: יוסף סאנדעל; German: Josef Sandel; 29 September 1894, Kolomea – 1 December 1962, Warsaw ) [1] was a Polish-Jewish art historian and critic, an art dealer and collector, and an advocate on behalf of Jewish artists in postwar Poland .
#15 Shirin Vajifdar
Shirin Vajifdar (died 29 September 2017) was an Indian classical dancer , choreographer, instructor and critic. She was one of the first Parsis who took up Indian classical dance. A doyenne of Kathak , she was an acclaimed performer and teacher. Her choreography in the film Mayurpankh (1954) was lau
#16 Gonzaga Duque
Luís Gonzaga Duque Estrada , known as Gonzaga Duque (21 June 1863, Rio de Janeiro - 29 September 1911, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian writer and critic. He was of Swedish descent on his father's side. Gonzaga Duque; portrait by Rodolfo Amoedo (1888)
#17 Helga Pakasaar
Helga Pakasaar is a contemporary art curator and writer based in Vancouver , Canada. She has worked as curator at Polygon Gallery (formerly Presentation House Gallery) since 2003 and is now the Audain Chief Curator of Polygon. [1] [2] She has also curated exhibitions for Griffin Art Projects in Nort
Harold Brocklebank Herbert (1891–1945) was an early 20th century Australian painter and printmaker, an illustrator and cartoonist. A traditionalist, as an art teacher he promoted representational painting , and as a critic was an influential detractor of modernism . He was the first war artist to be
#19 Antonio Paolucci
Antonio Paolucci (born 29 September 1939) is an Italian art historian and curator. In 2007 he was appointed director of the Vatican Museums by Pope Benedict XVI, [1] a post he held until 2017 when he was replaced by his former deputy, Barbara Jatta . [2] Throughout his career Paolucci has worked als
#1 Turamichele
Turamichele ("Tower-Michael") is the name of a moving mechanical figure on the Perlach Tower ( Perlachturm ) next to Perlach church in Augsburg , Bavaria , Germany . It shows the Archangel Michael fighting with the devil . Every year on 29 September ( Michaelmas or St. Michael's Day) the Turamichele
#2 Monument to Christopher Columbus (Paseo de la Reforma)
The Monument to Christopher Columbus (Spanish: Monumento a Colón ), on a major traffic roundabout along Mexico City 's Paseo de la Reforma , was dedicated in 1877. [1] The statue was removed on 10 October 2020 "for restoration purposes" two days before a planned protest. On 12 October 2021, it was a
Diana – also known as Diana of the Tower – is an iconic statue by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens , representing the goddess Diana . Once a major artistic feature of New York City, the second version stood atop the tower of Madison Square Garden from 1893 to 1925. Since 1932, it has been in the coll
#4 Statue of Christopher Columbus (Giacomantonio)
There are three sculptures of Christopher Columbus in Hudson County, New Jersey created by Archimedes Giacomantonio . The tributes to Columbus become contentious around 2020 when there were calls for removal and subsequent rebuttals of their retention. [1] Archimedes Aristedes Michael Giacomantonio
Angels Unawares is a bronze sculpture by Timothy Schmalz installed in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican since September 29, 2019, the 105th World Migrant and Refugee Day. 2019 sculpture in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican Angels Unawares Artist Timothy Schmalz Year 2019 ( 2019 ) Type Sculpture Me
#6 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
#7 Pittsburgh Law Enforcement Memorial
The Law Enforcement Officers Memorial of Allegheny County is a monument to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 's law enforcement community in honor of fallen officers of both the Pittsburgh Police and suburban departments. The original was dedicated in September 1996 near the Carnegie Science Center but
Stay are identical cast iron human form sculptures made by Antony Gormley and installed in two locations in the central city of Christchurch , New Zealand. The first sculpture was installed in the Avon River in September 2015. The second in the Northern Quadrangle of the Christchurch Arts Centre was
#9 Demolition of monuments to Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine
The demolition of monuments to Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine started during the fall of the Soviet Union as continued struggle against totalitarianism and dominance of neighboring Moscow. During Euromaidan it has become a widespread phenomenon and dubbed by Ukrainians Leninopad (Ленінопад), a pun litera
#10 List of statues of Vladimir Lenin
This article is a list of current and former known monuments of Vladimir Lenin . Some or all of the monuments in former Soviet republics and satellites were removed after the fall of the Soviet Union, while Russia and aligned countries (mainly Belarus) retained the thousands of Lenin monuments that
#11 Monument to Primo de Rivera (Jerez)
The monument to Primo de Rivera is an instance of public art in Jerez de la Frontera , Spain. It consists of a bronze equestrian statue of Miguel Primo de Rivera , on top of a sculptural ensemble placed inside a fountain. It lies at the centre of the Plaza del Arenal [ es ] . Monument in Spain Mig
#12 Wow! Gorillas
Wow! Gorillas was a project organised by Bristol Zoo in 2011 that displayed 61 decorated life-sized fibreglass gorilla sculptures on the streets of Bristol , England . [1] [2] Art installation in Bristol, England The project followed the concept of the “Land in Sicht” the original Swiss project by a
#13 List of public art in Los Angeles
This is a list of public art in Los Angeles . This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum. Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML This list is incomplete ; you
#14 McKinley National Memorial
The McKinley National Memorial in Canton, Ohio , United States , is the final resting place of William McKinley , who served as the 25th president of the United States from 1897 to his assassination in 1901. Canton was a significant place in McKinley's life; he lived there, practiced as an attorney,
The Hockey Player statue is a sculpture located at Championship Plaza, adjacent to the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey , home of the New Jersey Devils hockey team, [1] installed in 2009. Entitled Stanley by the artist [2] it has been colloquially known as Iceman , Man of Steel , and the Iron
#16 Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv
The Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv was a sculpture monument to Vladimir Lenin , located in the Freedom Square , Kharkiv , Ukraine , that was toppled and demolished in 2014. It was the largest monument to Lenin in Ukraine, designed by Alexander Sidorenko after entering an open competition to design the m
#17 Texas Medal of Honor Memorial
The Texas Medal of Honor Memorial is a statue commemorating recipients of the Medal of Honor from the state of Texas . Sculpted by Doyle Glass and Scott Boyer, it was dedicated on Memorial Day of 2008 in Midland, Texas at the Commemorative Air Force International Headquarters. In July 2018 the Memor
A statue of Betty Campbell sculpted by Eve Shepherd was unveiled in Central Square , Cardiff , Wales , in 2021. Betty Campbell had been the first black head teacher in Wales. [1] [2] 2021 sculpture in Cardiff, Wales Statue of Betty Campbell The statue in 2021 Artist Eve Shepherd Subject Betty Campbe
#19 Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens , previously known as Villa Vizcaya, is the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering , of the Deering McCormick- International Harvester fortune, on Biscayne Bay in the present-day Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida . The early 20th-century Vizcay
#20 Christ the King Statue, Świebodzin
Christ the King ( Polish : Pomnik Chrystusa Króla [lower-alpha 1] , lit. ' Monument of Christ the King ' ) is a statue of Jesus Christ in Świebodzin , western Poland , completed on 6 November 2010. The figure is 33 metres (108 ft) tall, [1] the crown is 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall, [2] and along wi