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Controversy over an Amy Sherald painting of the Statue of Liberty reveals divides over US national symbols, joining debates ...
Explore the structure underneath the Statue of Liberty and discover the spiral stairs leading to the top. This video features ...
The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from the people of France to commemorate 100 years of Franco-American friendship. The statue also commemorates the centennial of America’s ...
As we just completed of wonderful patriotic Fourth of July celebrations, I thought it would be timely to review a brief history of our great Statue of Liberty. The statue is a figure of a classically ...
A new mural of Lady Liberty has gone viral, with mixed reactions in the US. This follows calls from a member of the European Parliament earlier this year for the Statue of Liberty to be returned to ...
The artist said that she made the decision after she said she learned that her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty ...
Statue City Cruises New York offers the only official ferry service to both Liberty Island and Ellis Island, making it the ...
The New Colossus” is a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) … [written] in 1883 … as a donation to an auction of ...
Amy Sherald, the former Baltimore artist who painted former first lady Michelle Obama’s portrait, has withdrawn her solo show ...
I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship, especially when it targets vulnerable communities,” Amy ...
And so, we see it’s no accident that the Statue of Liberty is a woman, a depiction of Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, offering her torch to guide all who flee oppression.
Amy Sherald, the artist behind the iconic 2018 portrait of Michelle Obama, has pulled her upcoming solo exhibition, American ...