And finally…raging bull

The Guardian reports that Italian-born sculptor Arturo Di Modica has complained that the presence of the girl infringed on his own artistic copyright by changing the creative dynamic to include the other bold presence.

His lawyer, Norman Siegel, said Di Modica would explain at a how he’s challenging city officials who issued a permit for the bronze girl to stay until February 2018. Siegel said he was demanding the city release documents showing what procedures were followed —-this depsite the fact that he orginally installed his bull statue without permission after the 1987 stock market collapse .

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Artist Kristen Visbal’s Fearless Girl figure was first placed on a traffic island near Wall Street on 7 March, on the eve of international women’s day, to highlight the fact that women are under-represented on the boards of the largest US corporations.

The young girl staring down the huge bull with hands planted on her hips quickly became a tourist magnet, drawing global attention on social media as visitors posed for pictures.

In response to petitions with tens of thousands of signatures for the statue to stay longer, New York mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city permit would be extended for nearly one year.