Statues

Speed Over Place: Ousting the Confederate Monument for cars, not morals,...

On Wednesday, May 25, Jefferson Circuit Judge Judith McDonald-Burkman denied an injunction to dismantle and store the Confederate Monument on Third Street near the University of...

Keep Louisville Gonzo! Here’s how you can help build a statue...

Louisville is the birthplace of Hunter S. Thompson. Born in July 1937, Thompson grew up in the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood on Ransdell Avenue, attended...

Downtown’s Derelict Dinosaur Found Hiding Out in Park Hill

Way back in the winter of 2008, we brought you breaking news about the disappearance of a large, blue dinosaur from downtown. The large...

Towering, Naked, Golden, and Heading to Louisville

It looks like Louisville is set to out-Michelangelo Florence, or at least out-facsimile the Italian burgh. Those creative folks over at the 21c Museum...

Scales of Justice Stolen from Metro Hall

The keen-eyed Tom Owen has reported that the bronze scales of justice once held in front of Metro Hall are missing and Mayor Fischer...

Public Art: It’s The Details That Matter

The statue of former Louisville Mayor Charles P. Farnsley by Dawn D. Yates on West Main Street must be counted among the city's most...

What’s A City Without Giant Pink Snails?

In what could be a scene from Doctor Dolittle, a truck load of giant pink snails was spotted heading into Louisville today on Interstate...

Louisville – New York Public Art Connection

While wandering around Harlem a couple months ago, I noticed a strangely familiar statue perched above a door on the beautiful Gothic campus of...

Crippled Chicken Statue And Free Speech

PETA is back again trying to place a large statue of a crippled chicken designed by The New Yorker artist Harry Bliss on the...