Sculptures

Giant hand sculpture in Incheon, South Korea, draws complaints for looking ‘offensive’

The sculpture, modelled after the sign language gesture for “I love you”, has been taken as an insult by some.

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Torch ginger paper sculpture, mushroom coffee table: S’pore works debut at Venice craftsmanship show

*SECOND MAIN PIX* ST20260825-202641200557-Lim Yaohui-yhpeili/ Paper artist Koh Pei Li with her Torch Ginger botanical sculpture which will be exhibited at Homo Faber 2026 in Venice, at New Bahru on Aug 25, 2026. (ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)

Chinese dissident artist jailed for 3 years over Mao sculptures, family and rights group say

South Korea’s chainsaw artist Kim Yun Shin carves a name for herself at 91

South Korean sculptor Kim Yun Shin still wields a chainsaw with quiet focus, refining a craft she honed over decades spent far away from home.

UN human rights office raises concern around trial of Chinese dissident artist

Dissident artist on trial in China for satirical Mao sculptures, says rights group

A People’s Liberation Army honor guard stands under an umbrella during heavy snowfall, with the Tiananmen Gate featuring a portrait of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong in the background, in Beijing, China, March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

Ukraine’s ‘Origami Deer’ sculpture rescued from frontline tours Europe

The 'Origami Deer' sculpture by Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadyrova is on the loading area of a transport vehicle during a stopover in Prague on its way to the Venice Biennale.

North Korea’s Kim views sculptures for memorial of soldiers who died in Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over the 13th plenary meeting of the eighth central committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea, December 10, 2025, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, December 11, 2025. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo

Anonymous bidder pays nearly $1.2 million for secret to decode CIA sculpture

The artwork, sculpted by Mr Jim Sanborn and dedicated by the agency in 1990, has four passages of text cut into its winding copper sheet.

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