{"id":707043,"date":"2026-07-23T12:27:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/707043\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:27:25","slug":"sculptor-struggles-to-find-buyer-for-100000-charlie-kirk-statue-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/707043\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculptor struggles to find buyer for $100,000 Charlie Kirk statue &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxNMnQ3TkF1TC1EZHp3c2dydXd5OHdGZ3A0ZVpFbGRiaHpDcUQzNjNXMV9zTVdYa1p5Q2JTZmxGSi1fZkQ3bTZqeU5DTE5aenNxLUZvZ3BnOTBGNUZFaHRpTkRIV1NTZkxOQXlHYjd6X3I4cTBqTEFkUXRmN1BDT0NzMVZRY3NsZ1lMTFhkcGRIOXVBTTBi?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sculptor struggles to find buyer for $100,000 Charlie Kirk statue<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQZGVWYXpQRFZydnRRRk05cFVEUFhkcVR4am56UUdycE9qUFNoR2VPWnFZamtYR2VJNEY4dWtVUFNhS0lTU3ZjNzZmZzA5TjR5czE1eXNtMjhfWTNITWhaZ3ltTDBNQmt6WW15RHZkQWRBNUxFN1VGaVpqYlNiS0ZaZVhCNkF1NUNoQl9yOXhn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTFB0dXdpNzA1QXVuNXpUSVhPS0I2RHdTU0RZdWZGUHptOVFZSG9QNGMzM1hMc1FIT3dZdEtDRGZrUERJdXZLNEZ2VTVubFJoaUVTVXl6aE5XdnVkWmlucDBXS3BQa1NqM05xalBPeVVXR3U1azB3b3FjX2JHcE5XWWM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">So, Um, The Artist Of That Viral Charlie Kirk Statue Is Really Mad That You Guys Want To Pee On It<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;buzzfeed.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Italian-born sculptor to reveal Charlie Kirk Memorial in Times Square<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SILive.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxPVEE1OTlZaS1lYnoxNWhUZTlReFNNdTNKcGIzeVhRUzkzZkJaWk9qdlNEaV9mSXNwTjBRblpXdUlUa2tjM3QyZ2VRWTdEMHZyR2drYUc2WTNTd283TExZR0NwaWh6aXF0OE1sc1F4ZnpnTy1ob0NOUk9ZcGM1UnFPNld0cERXdVBfbEI3MUZGSlp4OG01LVUxUkIxY2NuV3M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sculptor spent $100,000 making lifesize Charlie Kirk statue but has no takers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sculptor struggles to find buyer for $100,000 Charlie Kirk statue&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentNew York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-707043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}