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Massive Mural of Ashamed Statue of Liberty Emerges in France
Dutch street artist Judith de Leeuw said she created the piece in response to the United States’s cruel immigration policies.
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The Call to Return the Statue of Liberty to France, Explained
“The statue is yours, but what it embodies belongs to everyone," said French politician Raphael Glucksmann in a sharp rebuke of Trump's attacks on democracy.
News
See the 25-Foot-Long “Reclining Liberty” Statue Before It Leaves NYC
Artist Zaq Landsberg's sculpture is spending its final city days in Brooklyn before it heads to Virginia's Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington.
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Brooklyn’s “Little Liberty” Is Leaving New York
After 17 years in the Brooklyn Museum's parking lot, the statue is headed to the Midwest for restoration at the National Building Arts Center in Illinois.
Film
The Hidden Sides of New York's Well-Known Landmarks
Three new HBO documentaries probe the stories of the Statue of Liberty, the Bronx, and the Apollo Theater.
In Brief
Trump Official Rephrases Statue of Liberty Poem to Defend Targeting of Legal Migrants
Ken Cuccinelli, the acting head of Citizenship and Immigration Services, added a caveat to "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..."
Opinion
Watching Okoumou’s Heroic Climb Up the Statue of Liberty
On the Fourth of July, Therese Patricia Okoumou climbed the Statue of Liberty to give voice to her fellow immigrants.
In Brief
US Postal Service Ordered to Pay Artist $3.5M For Copyright Infringement
A case of mistaken artwork has cost the US Postal Service millions of dollars.
In Brief
High School Student’s Painting of Lady Liberty in a Hijab Targeted by Conservatives
Members of a local anti-immigration group deemed the painting by a high school student in Santa Ana, California "inaccurate, unprofessional, and offensive."
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No, Stephen Miller, the Statue of Liberty Can’t Be Divorced from the Poem on Its Base
In a White House press briefing that announced President Donald Trump’s support for the RAISE Act, Miller dismissed Emma Lazarus’s poem as being “added later.”
Art
How Visual Propaganda Helped Build the Statue of Liberty
Long before it became one of New York City's most photographed landmarks — before it was even completely erected, in 1886 — the Statue of Liberty featured in countless pictures.
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UNESCO Report Details How Climate Change Threatens World Heritage Sites
The Statue of Liberty is a favorite victim of Hollywood's climate change disaster scenarios.