sculpture

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Yet the main virtues of the sculpture are its forms themselves: the folds, bulges and edges, and the work’s color—off-off-white for the vessel-like part and simple box base with a bulging layer between them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The half-submerged mammoth sculpture in the museum’s iconic outdoor Lake Pit gives the common but inaccurate impression that the tar worked like quicksand, sucking its victims fatally downward.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

In all, this show has the power to favorably bend even the opinions of those skeptical about abstract sculpture.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The nine-foot papier-mâché sculpture is covered with butterflies bearing the names of unhoused people who have died, and was created by members of the organization’s Studio 526 Creative Space on Skid Row.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

There’s a sculpture by Auguste Rodin—the head of John the Baptist on a platter—that Theo thinks looks just like Vincent, even though Rodin has never met him.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman