The plaster statue which was painted in 1833 resided in the City Council chamber until concerns over Thomas Jefferson's status as a slaveholder caused the statue to be ousted. AP Photo/Richard Drew, ...

A statue of Thomas Jefferson that stands over New York City Hall's council chamber will be removed after a city commission vote Monday. The New York City Public Design Commission voted unanimously to ...

An Austrian tourist damaged a plaster model of a 200-year-old sculpture in Italy last week while posing for a photo with the artwork, according to multiple reports. The unidentified visitor turned ...

The Plaster Cast Workshop of the GrandPalaisRmn has molds of more than 6,000 artworks such as the “Venus de Milo” and Alexander the Great’s foot. An artisan at work in the Plaster Cast Workshop of the ...

Louie Pacini’s business is as fragile as the brittle creations he makes. He’s a craftsman whose plaster statues have been crowded out of the marketplace by cheap imitations from China. His health is ...

A plaster cast of the Venus de Milo statue at the Wilcox Classical Museum at the University of Kansas. The museum, founded in 1888, is not well-known by many at KU's campus, but curator Philip Stinson ...