{"id":297202,"date":"2026-07-16T00:35:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/297202\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T00:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:35:32","slug":"charlie-kirk-freedom-statue-to-be-unveiled-in-center-of-the-universe-in-nyc-on-anniversary-of-his-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/297202\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk &#8216;freedom&#8217; statue to be unveiled in &#8216;center of the universe&#8217; in NYC on anniversary of his assassination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A statue of Charlie Kirk is set to be unveiled in the \u201ccenter of the universe\u201d in New York City on the one-year anniversary of his shocking death, the artist behind the homage announced.<\/p>\n<p>Italian artist Sergio Furnari, who handcrafted the metal sculpture of the slain Tuning Point USA co-founder, plans to reveal the statue in Times Square on Sep. 10, he said in a<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DawEXk7vh53\/?hl=en\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Tuesday Instagram post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The statue was handmade by his \u201chand, soul and body,\u201d Furnari wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.57519531;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39996040\" width=\"339\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/www-instagram-com-sergiofurnariart-reel-134528062.jpg\" alt=\"A person painted to look like a bronze statue of Charlie Kirk holding a microphone.\" class=\"wp-image-39996040\"  \/>A \u2018freedom\u2019 statue of Charlie Kirk is set to be unveiled in Times Square in New York City in September, according to Italian artist Sergio Furnari. Instagram \/ @sergiofurnariart<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39996044\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2025-orem-utah-kirk-founder-132738405_af0302.jpg\" alt=\"Charlie Kirk speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.\" class=\"wp-image-39996044\"  \/>Furnari announced the statue will be revealed in the \u201ccenter of the universe\u201d on Sept. 10 \u2014 the one-year anniversary of Kirk\u2019s death. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Kirk, 31, is depicted in the statue wearing a gray sweatshirt with the word \u201cFREEDOM\u201d across his chest, while holding a microphone as he regularly did when debating lefty students at college campuses across the US \u2014 including on the day he was fatally shot at Utah Valley University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be in the middle of Times Square, the center of the universe,\u201d Furnari said in one of his many Instagram posts about the statue, according to<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/politics\/charlie-kirk-statue-times-square\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> News Nation.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can bring over whoever you want, family or friends. If you were a big fan of Charlie, this will be your opportunity to maybe find a little bit of peace or harmony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turning Point USA did not immediately reply to The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A statue of Charlie Kirk is set to be unveiled in the \u201ccenter of the universe\u201d in New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3653,57,9,24,56,63,65,64,5214,2027,32392,58],"class_list":["post-297202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-statues","tag-times-square","tag-turning-point-usa","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}