Sculpture

September 7, 2026

Herman Melville Statue Honors the Author in the Whaling City That Inspired ‘Moby-Dick’

Few novels are as closely tied to the sea as Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. Now, the legendary American author has returned, in a sense, to the Massachusetts whaling city where his own maritime adventures began. A new bronze statue of Melville has been unveiled in New Bedford, paying tribute to the city’s enduring influence on the writer and his most famous novel.

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August 25, 2026

Memorial Sculpture of a Woman Never Stops Crying, Invites Passersby To Dry Her Tears

In Nanjing, China, a bronze sculpture of an endlessly crying woman—complete with real tears—sits as a tribute to the victims of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre. The bust is of an older woman, her wrinkled face in the midst of racking sobs. Her head and upper body emerge from the wall with a prompt imploring the viewer to “Please wipe them [the tears] off for her!

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July 30, 2026

Rain Sculptures Capture the Fleeting Ripples of Raindrops as Carvings in Solid Black Granite

For more than two decades, Chinese artist Shen Lie-Yi has transformed the fleeting movement of water into enduring sculpture. His ongoing Rain series captures the moment a raindrop strikes a surface, expanding outward in delicate ripples before disappearing almost instantly. Shen recreates these transient forms in materials such as Shanxi black granite, black obsidian, and carbon fiber, turning a brief natural gesture into something that can endure.

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