Alice in Wonderland, inspired by characters of the Lewis Carroll classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, in Central Park. The bronze statue was commissioned by philanthropist George Delacorte as a tribute to his late wife and a a gift to the children of New York City. The host of the story's tea party is the Mad Hatter, a caricature of George Delacorte.
Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Cantor Roof Garden exhibit ‘We Come in Peace’ by Huma Bhabha, a Pakistani-American sculptor. The title derives from the 1951 sci-fi film “The Day the Earth Stood Still”. The 12-foot-tall standing figure goes by the same name as the exhibit itself, and the horizontal figure is called Benaam, an Urdu word which translates to “without name.”. May 2018
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