UK Culture Ministry’s Challenges Under New Prime Minister, Charlie Kirk Statue with No Funding, and More: Morning Links for July 21, 2026
The sculptor says his fundraising campaign has reached only $7,660 after spending more than $100,000 on the memorial.
- New York artist Sergio Furnari plans to unveil his statue of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Times Square on September 10, though fundraising has netted only $7,660 against an initial $150,000 goal.
- Furnari invested roughly $100,000 in materials, describing the sculpture as an effort to "glorify and to exercise the First Amendment, this freedom of speech," with Kirk depicted clutching a microphone on a shirt emblazoned with "Freedom."
- "Things financially are a total, absolute nightmare," Furnari lamented, adding that he recently broke his foot in his studio while working on the project and had hoped for millions in donations.
- Kirk co-founded Turning Point USA in 2012 before his death on September 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah, and was frequently criticized for remarks opponents described as bigoted, including comments about Black pilots.
- Despite disagreeing with Kirk's views on Palestine, Furnari maintains the statue is "blessed," while social media responses have been uniformly hostile ahead of the planned New York City debut.
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He expected to make a million dollars with it, and so far he has raised eight thousand.
Artist reveals disturbing messages after creating life-sized Charlie Kirk sculpture · American Wire News
A New York sculptor who spent $100,000 to make a life-size statue of the late Charlie Kirk is having trouble selling it. Speaking with The Guardian, sculptor Sergio Furnari, who’s originally from Italy, admitted that he’d thought the statue would earn him “millions” of dollars. Instead, he’s stuck with zero buyers but plenty of hate mail from demonic leftists saying they want to urinate on the statue. Plus, Furnari reportedly broke his foot whil…
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The Independent (US)Sculptor spent $100,000 making lifesize Charlie Kirk statue but has no takers
New York artist Sergio Furnari spent his own money on steel and resin monument to the slain Turning Point USA founder and had assumed he would be able to recoup the cost
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