Mary Washington Monument Vandalized
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Mary Washington Monument Vandalized

On the night of July 26, 2025 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Antifa vandals defaced the city’s monument to Mary Washington—mother of George Washington. The historic 1894 memorial was desecrated with a black spray-painted circled Ⓐ symbol of anarchism along with the word “Antifa.” The criminal misdeed was first reported by Washington Heritage Museums (WHM), a nonprofit citizens group dedicated to preserving…

Thomas J Price, Grounded in the Stars
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Thomas J Price, Grounded in the Stars

You might be dismayed to learn that many contemporary statue makers are cheaters when it comes to fashioning sculptures from bronze or marble. Even individuals involved in the arts might be shocked to discover that present-day “sculptors” have never touched clay or marble, let along cast a statue in bronze. I believe that’s the case with Grounded in the Stars,…

The Turd Reich Posters of Grow Up
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The Turd Reich Posters of Grow Up

Trendy Bricklane in London’s East End is awash with lowbrow graffiti “art.” It is the perfect ugly urbanscape for a father & son “street art” duo known as “Grow Up.” They recently plastered the spray-painted walls of Bricklane with a new poster series they call—The Turd Reich. I’m uncomfortable posting Nazi imagery, but it’s important not to sanitize the hateful…

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Turquoise Mountain, Duchamp, & the USAID.

Some years ago under the auspices of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation in Afghanistan, an art teacher from the UK lectured bewildered Afghan women on a conceptual artwork by Marcel Duchamp… a porcelain urinal he titled “Fountain.” The foundation was funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The scene was captured in “Bitter Lake,” a documentary film about Afghanistan…

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Thomas Crawford and his Statue of Freedom

After his January 20, 2025 inauguration, President Trump addressed the nation in a speech he delivered at Emancipation Hall in the US Capital Visitor Center. If you watched the oration you may have noticed the huge sculpture in the background—what does it portray? Allow me to share the details. Today, many think the statue depicts a Native American, that’s close…

“Angel of Harmony” Statue Destroyed.
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“Angel of Harmony” Statue Destroyed.

On Sept. 17, 2024, a maniac used construction equipment to destroy The Angel of Harmony statue that stood outside the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica in Missouri. The 14-foot-high sculpture of welded stainless steel was created by Polish-American artist Wiktor Szostalo (born 1952). The sculpture had been on public display for 25 years before the goon knocked it from its pedestal…