International Women’s Day, pink poppies and roses filled the chair next to a recently installed Statue of Peace in Cologne, Germany. The seat is left empty and available for anyone, inviting onlookers ...

BERLIN — A bronze statue of a teenage girl in traditional Korean hanbok attire caught my attention as I was on a bus heading to my hotel in the central Berlin district of Mitte on Nov. 24 ...

and in front of the "Frau Rhein" statue, part of the Neptune fountain in central Berlin. The lightened areas on the bronze nude women's breasts serve as a stark reminder of where they are ...

The statue was commissioned by Berlin-based American artist Brad Downey and created by Ales "Maxi" Zupevc, a local Slovenian artist, who used a chainsaw to carve out the First Lady's likeness.