sculpture
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Just beyond is a 2018 sculpture by David Spriggs, titled “Origins.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The massive statue would replace “Infinity,” an abstract stainless-steel sculpture by artist José de Rivera that has stood outside the museum since 1967.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Matano beat out dozens of other artists to secure the commission to create the sculpture and, after many months, has completed a preliminary clay art form, according to the release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
A new sculpture has been installed roughly every two years since.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Anyone who has ever seen a sculpture coming out of the ground,” he said to her, “could tell that that thing has never been in the ground.”
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Wolfe also acquired more than 100 Ghanaian fantasy coffins — figurative sculptures, some stretching 10 to 12 feet long, also known as Fantastic Afterlife Vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
After the death of her lover, Romanian sculptor George Apostu, whose rough-hewn wood sculptures still populate the house’s patio, Caland’s children encouraged yet another departure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
But the few strong illustrations and even fewer high-quality paintings and sculptures are bracing outliers amid a sea of mostly 19th- and 20th-century melodramatic, sentimental and patriotic illustration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
It also includes several sculptures by him, as well as objects and furniture that belonged to the painter, such as his easel and wheelchair.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Some of the sculptures depict his parents with two boys.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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His charming, whimsical collection featured ruffled tutus, sculptured soft knits, peplum jackets, skirts with bustles and plenty of shearling fabric.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
Price was best known for his sculptured silhouettes and theatrical styles, including pastel suits which featured in rock band Duran Duran's music video Rio.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
Her award-winning face, statuesque figure and sculptured features made her blend in with the younger cohort onstage.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
The idea is that you place your hand inside the mouth of this large sculptured mask, and then let the magic of the Bocca della Verita be your lie detector.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021
Voussoirs were carved to form the arched gables over each of the three front doors and a tympanum — a semicircular sculptured panel — was carved to go above each of the doors.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
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A busboy is embraced by the beatnik art community when he develops an impressive but morbid method of sculpturing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2019
With the promise of sculpturing lean, long muscles, his workout has attracted celebrity devotees, including Sofía Vergara and Kim Kardashian.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2014
After two years of intense production, sculpturing the work in public was “the fun part,” she added.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2013
Norma Lyon, a self-described dairy farmer’s wife and mother of nine who achieved fame well beyond the Midwest as the “butter-cow lady” of the Iowa State Fair, sculpturing tons of U.S.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2011
In earlier times all used to cut their names in the wood, but now this sculpturing is only permitted to those who attain a certain position and leave without dishonor.
From England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Joel Cook
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