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A French politician is in the limelight for his recent and rather controversial statement. He has called for the US to return the Statue of Liberty, presented by the French people as a gift in 1884.

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In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they ... The myth of the all-white Greco-Roman sculpture persisted after Johann Winckelmann, an 18th-century art historian and ...

France’s self-professed last sculpture foundry has weighed into a row over whether the US should return the Statue of Liberty to its country of origin by proposing to build a new one out of ...

Vienna, a timeless European capital city, blends royal grandeur with modern vibrancy. From the opulent Hofburg palace halls to the cozy coffeehouses humming with conversation, Vienna captivates. I ...

Leavitt said that President Donald Trump would “absolutely not” return the statue – a gift from France some 140 years ago – and clarified the U.S.’s role in helping liberate France from ...

Shared this morning (March 19), the track was first previewed on Nick Grimshaw’s BBC 6 Music show. It sees the artist, lyricist, poet, playwright and author take on a raw, honest approach ...

BORN at Hof in Bavaria, Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner began as a pharmacist's apprentice in 1794, and later practised pharmacy at Dillingburg, Karlsruhe and Strasbourg, where he set up as a ...

A French politician has called on the US to give the Statue of Liberty back after suggesting that some Americans “have chosen to switch to the side of the tyrants.” Raphael Glucksmann ...

Detectives in Melbourne are investigating whether a statue of a head which appeared on stage during a Kneecap gig last week is the same one which is at the centre of an ongoing inquiry. On 10 June ...