{"id":6493,"date":"2026-10-31T08:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/31\/witness-statue-installed-in-st-louis-amid-controversy\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T08:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:04:07","slug":"witness-statue-installed-in-st-louis-amid-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/31\/witness-statue-installed-in-st-louis-amid-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Witness Statue Installed in St. Louis Amid Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 October 31, 2026 (STL.News) Witness Statue \u2013 A controversial bronze sculpture titled Witness has been installed in the Fox Park neighborhood of south St. Louis, bringing a nationally recognized work of art to the city while intensifying a debate over religious beliefs, women\u2019s rights, artistic expression, and neighborhood participation in decisions about prominent outdoor installations. The approximately 18-foot-tall sculpture, created by Pakistani-American artist Shahzia Sikander, was installed on the grounds of Rung for Women, a St. Louis nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women advance their careers and improve their economic opportunities. First Alert 4 confirmed<\/p>\n

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ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 October 31, 2026 (STL.News) Witness Statue \u2013 A controversial bronze sculpture titled Witness has been installed in the Fox Park neighborhood of south St. Louis, bringing a nationally recognized work of art to the city while… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6495,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493\/revisions\/6495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}