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Recent Examples of sculpture
William O'Connor, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Born in Seoul in 1980, Kim studied sculpture and media art at Hongik University and Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, earning her BFA from the former and her MFA from the latter, before completing a sonology program at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
—News Desk, Artforum, 4 Nov. 2025
Peter Lyon, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Modeling in clay was a way to process the paintings and sculpture the young man was discovering in the art metropolis of the Western world.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
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This world-class museum and sculpture park in the jungle now has a hotel that’s a work of art in its own right.
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Co-developed with NISMO, Nissan’s in-house racing and customizing arm, the Hyper-Force’s carbon-fiber body is sculptured like a fighter jet with the sole purpose of going as fast as possible.
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Winterval Fort Wayne, Indiana Winterval brings downtown Fort Wayne to life on a chilly January day with ice carving, firepits, live music, and fire-dancing performances that light up the evening—literally.—
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The lineup will include tri-tip and a ham carving station, as well as Mexican entrees, menudo and pozole, a taco bar, bottomless mimosas and a dessert station.—
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Each character is sculpted in a playful pose, and many are holding objects associated with them.—
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The weightless, soft material is undeniably comfortable, and the high-rise waistband is flattering, especially for its sculpting fabric.—
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If similar inflow patterns are found in other inactive galaxies, red geysers could become a key model for understanding how galaxies across the universe grow old, and quietly stay that way.—
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That extraordinary footage, along with video shot by bystanders and a 3D model created by CNN of the confrontation, shows Good and her wife challenging ICE officers – but also raises new questions about Ross’s tactics and decision to use deadly force.—
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In the late 1700s, while visiting England, American presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson allegedly carved off pieces of a wooden chair said to belong to Shakespeare.—
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This approach turned him into a wildly creative and curious rhythm guitarist — turns out carving out that space between Garcia and Lesh meant pioneering chord voicings and strange vamps rarely heard in rock ‘n’ roll.—
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“Sculpture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sculpture. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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