The statue, which stands across from the New York County Criminal Courthouse, inverts the myth of Perseus slaying Medusa. Courtesy of Medusa With The Head A statue that inverts the Greek myth of ...

Luciano Garbati, Medusa With the Head of Perseus, 2008. Photo: Courtesy of MWTH Project and the artist The artist thinks that this is a feminist statue because it doesn’t portray the usual ...

The original statue was sculpted between 1545–1554. and shows Perseus standing naked except for a sash and winged sandals, triumphant on top of the body of Medusa. Her head, crowned with ...

The recently installed statue "Medusa with the Head of Perseus" by Argentine-Italian artist Luciano Garbati in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) The question of women and our ability to ...

Medusa, the terrifying monster of ancient Greek myth, stands triumphant in New York City today, holding aloft the head of her slayer, Perseus, in a new seven-foot-tall bronze statue outside of the ...

and all those other female historical statues coming to New York. Something to think about, sculptors! Medusa With The Head of Perseus will be on view in the park through April 2021. Gothamist is ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A seven-foot tall bronze version of the famous sculpture "Medusa with the Head of Perseus" was unveiled Tuesday at Manhattan's Collect Pond Park. The statue is the work of ...

Medusa carried the head of Perseus and not Poseidon, her rapist.Credit...Jeenah Moon for The New York Times A news release advertised the statue as an “icon of justice,” noting that the ...