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Poet’s gaze

27 Tuesday Nov 2018

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Budapest, Hungary

From my visit to Budapest in September 2015: This statue of Hungarian poet Attila József shows him taking in a view of the Danube River and the hills of Buda beyond.

Golden performance

02 Friday Nov 2018

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Stockholm, Sweden

This gleaming statue can be found outside a theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. From a visit to the city in August 2014.

Offering

28 Sunday Oct 2018

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Offering

A sculpture called “Offering to Selene from the Elephant God” by Isla Burns graces one of the pedestrian walkways in Calgary’s Plus 15 system.

Spirits of the Land

22 Saturday Sep 2018

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

An art piece installed in Calgary’s network of Plus 15 pedestrian walkways.

Cattle call

07 Friday Sep 2018

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This hallway at the Centennial Parkade in downtown Calgary is lined with decorated cow sculptures. (Parkade is Canadian English for parking garage/car park.)

Landlocked mermaid

13 Monday Aug 2018

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A re-imagining of The Little Mermaid statue in downtown Calgary — a gift from the city’s Danish community back in the 1970s. The sculpture stands today in the Telus Convention Centre. The original statue stands on the waterfront in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

16 Monday Jul 2018

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Bath, England, U.K.

A statue of composer and musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the Parade Gardens in Bath, England.

Planted

08 Sunday Jul 2018

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London, England, U.K.

Part of a work of art in the green space surrounding a church in the Camden area of London.

Paddington Bear

05 Thursday Jul 2018

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London, England, U.K.

A statue of Paddington Bear in its natural habitat and namesake train depot, London’s Paddington Station.

Chandelier

30 Saturday Jun 2018

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Cardiff, Wales, U.K.

Looking up, an opulent chandelier hangs from the high ceiling inside the summer smoking room at the top of Cardiff Castle’s clock tower. Along the walls closer to floor level, of which a small portion is visible in this image, the story of the mythical gods in the 12 zodiac signs is depicted in paintings and sculptures.