https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/20/sculptor-charlie-kirk-statue-new-york
Sergio Furnari, originally from Italy, had hoped the statue of the deceased far-right activist, which he intends to display in Times Square, would raise “millions” of dollars. Instead, he said he has been inundated by messages from people saying they intend to urinate on the sculpture.
To add injury to insult, Furnari recently broke his foot working on the statue, after tripping over a roll of tape in his studio.
“Is it cursed? Maybe. I don’t know,” he told the Guardian.
Kirk, a far-right political figure who served as a sort of Pied Piper for young Republicans through his Turning Point USA foundation, was shot dead in September last year. He was known for his racist and bigoted views, using his podcast https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-goes-unhinged-racist-rant-prowling-blacks-go-around-fun-go-target-white that “prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people” and https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-quotes-beliefs “If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like: ‘Boy, I hope he’s qualified.’”
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