A Little-Noticed Holocaust Memorial
“We are here, on this gentle spring day, to remember the unspeakable horror of the Holocaust and to mark that evil with a monument to the victims of that injustice.”—from […]
Tag Archives: Sculpture
New York’s Memorial to Joan of Arc
“Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing; but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die […]
The Bethesda Angel, Its Lesbian Connection
“All had expected something great, something of angelic power and beauty and when a feebly-pretty idealess thing of bronze was revealed the revulsion of feeling was painful. The figure resembles […]
World War I Memorials, Part Four
“My wish has been to send light into the darkness of men’s hearts, and to be the servant of a noble purpose . . . art is not a vague […]
“Atlas” at Rockefeller Center
“That great giant, Atlas, whose shoulders bear the circling sky.” —from “Metamorphoses,” A.D. 8, by Ovid Directly across Fifth Avenue from the seat of the archbishop of the Archdiocese of […]
Happy Birthday, Augustus Saint-Gaudens
“My own delay I excuse on the ground that a sculptor’s work endures for so long that it is next to a crime for him to neglect to do everything […]
‘Standing Lincoln’ at The Met
“Lincoln stood tall in the carriage, his dark uncovered head bent in contemplative acknowledgment of the waiting people.” —Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln. […]
Happy Birthday to Fiorello La Guardia
“Let’s drive the bums out of town.” — Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947) urging a crackdown on organized crime bosses Today we celebrate the birth of Fiorello Enrico La Guardia. The […]
Tom Otterness’ “Rolling Penny”
“I learnt sculpture by myself. I studied as a painter when I first came to New York. I didn’t go to college; I went to art school for a couple […]
“Psycho” on the Roof of The Met
“Revenge is sweet and not fattening.” —Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) Titled Transitional Object (PsychoBarn) this year’s site-specific art installation on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof […]
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