> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Planned Charlie Kirk Statue Gets Trolled - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/planned-charlie-kirk-statue-gets-trolled/ - Published: 2026-07-17T10:00:36.000Z - Updated: 2026-07-17T14:53:26.000Z - Description: Also: Trump shrinks two national monuments in Utah by 90%. - Author: Hyperallergic - Tags: Daily Newsletter, Newsletter Today in the news, an artist announces his plan to install a monument to Charlie Kirk in Times Square this fall. Let's just say the renderings don't bode well. Meanwhile, the Trump administration cuts the size of two national monuments in Utah — rich with rock art and sacred land — by a staggering 90% while also pushing for "energy development" in the area. Also: A docudrama attempts to shed new light on Caravaggio's life, Required Reading, Art Movements, and lots more. *—Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief* --- [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/07/kirk-statue-comments-2.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/artists-planned-monument-to-charlie-kirk-gets-trolled-online/) [ Artist’s Planned Monument to Charlie Kirk Gets Trolled Online ](https://hyperallergic.com/artists-planned-monument-to-charlie-kirk-gets-trolled-online/) New York City sculptor Sergio Furnari is being raked over the coals online over his plan to unveil a memorial sculpture of slain right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk in Times Square. Thousands have flocked to Furnari’s Instagram comments to troll and threaten the forthcoming memorial, which will reportedly be unveiled on September 10 in recognition of the first anniversary of Kirk’s assassination. [Read More ](https://hyperallergic.com/artists-planned-monument-to-charlie-kirk-gets-trolled-online/) --- SPONSORED [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/07/hyperallergic-deovindice-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/ica-brings-immersive-installation-deo-vindice-to-richmond/) ****The ICA at VCU Brings Immersive Installation “Deo Vindice” to Richmond** The gallery-sized installation at the Institute for Contemporary Art combines Greek mythology with Civil War history to examine white supremacy and hegemonic power. [Learn more ](https://hyperallergic.com/ica-brings-immersive-installation-deo-vindice-to-richmond/) --- ## News [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/07/national-monuments.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/trump-shrinks-utah-national-monuments-by-90/) - The Trump administration hassignificantly [diminished the size of two national monuments](https://hyperallergic.com/trump-shrinks-utah-national-monuments-by-90/) in Utah that hold sacred lands and richarchaeological sites. - The Manhattan DA said three antiquities are being [repatriated to Mexico](https://hyperallergic.com/manhattan-das-office-returns-three-antiquities-to-mexico/). One of them was previously held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. --- ## From Our Critics [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/07/velvet.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/the-artists-working-in-velvet-amethyst-and-relics/) [ The Artists Working in Velvet, Amethyst, and Relics ](https://hyperallergic.com/the-artists-working-in-velvet-amethyst-and-relics/) An exhibition showcases works by Sky Hopinka, vanessa german, April Bey, and others that have connections to spiritual practices and rituals. | Claudia Ross [Read More ](https://hyperallergic.com/the-artists-working-in-velvet-amethyst-and-relics/) [ Four Centuries Later, We Still Don’t Get Caravaggio ](https://hyperallergic.com/four-centuries-later-we-still-dont-get-caravaggio/) A British docudrama serves as a salutary primer on the Baroque master’s greatest works, but we should be wary of what it tells us about the personality of its subject. | Anthony Majanlahti [Read More ](https://hyperallergic.com/four-centuries-later-we-still-dont-get-caravaggio/) --- ## Community [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/07/art-movements-7.16.26.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-311/) [ Pat Oleszko Wins $100K Whitney Biennial Prize ](https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-311/) The artist known for her irreverent inflatables gets the Bucksbaum Award, a new grant for artists living with cancer, and Murmurs Gallery closes. [Read More ](https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-311/) [ Required Reading ](https://hyperallergic.com/required-reading-793/) This week: Chitra Ganesh’s futuristic myths, André Breton and optimism, the mermaids of Florida, a Palestinian digital archive, Argentina and racism, and more. [Read More ](https://hyperallergic.com/required-reading-793/) --- ## Member Comment Brilliantly insightful and curious article. Fascinating how the real, superreal, and unreal combine in corporate story telling to the opposite end of actual community, culture, or worthwhile tradition. Randy Polumbo on “[How a Basket Empire Wove the Myth of America](https://hyperallergic.com/how-a-basket-empire-wove-the-myth-of-america/)” --- ## From the Archive [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/07/caravaggio.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/caravaggio-made-darkness-visible/) [ Caravaggio Made Darkness Visible ](https://hyperallergic.com/caravaggio-made-darkness-visible/) In his violent, carnal visions, sparks of divinity may glow even from within the blackest confines of our fallen reality. | Ed Simon [Read More ](https://hyperallergic.com/caravaggio-made-darkness-visible/)