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The article focuses on the recovery and return of Monument 9, a 2,600-year-old Olmec stone carving, which was looted from a Mexican archaeological site nearly 60 years ago, smuggled into the U.S., and recently seized by U.S. authorities.

The article focuses on the recent opening of Akshardham Mahamandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey, which is believed to be the largest Hindu temple in the Western Hemisphere, drawing religious pilgrims and tourists from around the world.

The article reviews the exhibition "First Sculpture: Handaxe to Figure Stone," featuring Paleolitic stone artifacts at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas until April 28, 2018.

The article presents an overview of the stone figures assembled by 33-year-old male artist Uliks Gryka in Washington Heights. The topics discussed include the methods used by Gryka in assembling the stone sculpture devoid of using adhesives and wires and the patience he showed in rebuilding it whenever strangers toppled it.

The article reports that a stone sculptor, Joseph Kincannon has rebuilt a tiny replica of the World Trade Center twin towers that had been carved into the facade of the St. John the Divine cathedral in New York City in 1990 and then destroyed, apparently intentionally, in late 2018 or early 2019.

The article offers information on art including the auction of Stone Head sculpture by artist David Hammons at art company Christie's, the Repentant Magdalene painting by Italian artist Guido Cagnacci, and the exhibition show of Theaster Gates at Regen Projects gallery in Los Angeles, California.

The article offers art-related news briefs in New York City as of March 1, 2013 which include an archaeological dig which finds a stone goddess sculpture, a tour on Manhattan Museum filled by possessions of lawyer Harry C. Sigman and the availability for viewing of banners, badges and clothing at the Newseum to celebrate the March 3, 2013 centennial celebrations of the Woman Suffrage Parade.

In high school, Rebecca Schiffman was embarrassed about living on the Upper East Side, which she considered uncool. But now she embraces the neighborhood, writing a blog about it called the U.E.S. Journal, and living in the same apartment on 88th Street where she grew up. Ms. Schiffman, a 29-year-old singer-songwriter and jewelry designer, has lately started making sterling silver jewelry inspired by local buildings and their architectural details. Her first, a pendant ($175), was based on a stone carving at 1021 Park Avenue. ''I saw this shield with a flower on it and I thought, 'That would be a really cool necklace,' '' Ms. Schiffman said recently, sitting in a booth at a Viand Coffee Shop on Madison Avenue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adam Distenfeld was driving by a construction pit on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn a few weeks ago and couldn't resist. Mr. Distenfeld, 48, is a sculptor who prefers granite gneiss -- the banded metamorphic rock found beneath swaths of New York City -- and in the Nostrand pit he saw a boulder of it. He had never seen one larger. He needed it. But you try convincing your girlfriend that your studio -- which already looks like the Flintstones' prop room -- just needs one more boulder. ''I was like, 'The whole point about me growing as an artist is I have to grow in all of these different directions,' '' Mr. Distenfeld recalled saying. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The script is familiar but irresistible. A cache of art is stored, unexamined, in the bowels of an esteemed institution. Scholars become intrigued. Cataloging begins. The quality is unexpectedly high, and soon an exhibition materializes, accompanied by a catalog that illuminates the tale of neglect, renewed interest and diligent scholarship as well as the splendors of the art. That is the plot for ''Treasures Rediscovered: Chinese Stone Sculpture From the Sackler Collections at Columbia University,'' an eye-opening show at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Gallery at Columbia University. Organized by Leopold Swergold, a collector who established a chair in Columbia's department of art history and archaeology, and Eileen Hsiang-ling Hsu, an independent scholar, it presents 22 works of Chinese Buddhist sculpture. All were given to the university by Arthur M. Sackler around 1970 as part of a broader collection of 3,000 Asian objects, but they were not inventoried until Mr. Swergold was given permission to start sorting through them. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that the earliest writing in Western Hemisphere has been found on Olmec stone block discovered in Veracruz Llave, Mexico. According to the Mexican discoverers and their U.S. colleagues, the order and pattern of carved symbols on the stone resembled the characteristics of the imagery of Olmec civilization. The archaeologists and scholars are trying to decipher the text on the stone.

The article features several products to be sold at the 14th Annual Antique Garden furniture Show and Sale including the 19th-century English stoneware sculpture, the "Garden Labour;" the "Faun," a 13th-century stone sculpture; and several fountains.

Describes the creation of a marble bust of former vice-president James Danforth Quayle for the Capitol building. Background on Daniel Sinclair, a stone carver from Long Island City, New York; Training and notable works including an abstract piece in the Grand Central Terminal subway entrance; Process of creating the marble bust; Commission by the federal government.

Profiles the stone and bronze artisans who are reconstructing the damaged facade of the Verizon building in New York City. Art Deco building which was damaged in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; Excalibur Bronze Foundry which recreates ornamental bronze sculptures; Petrillo Stone Corporation which recreates intricate stone carvings; $140 million restoration project; Techniques which are thousands of years old; Artists who take pride in their work.

Focuses on the plan of the Alexander the Great Foundation to carve the face of Alexander the Great into a cliff in Athens, Greece.

Discusses the thoughts of the author about stonecarvers and stonecarving in New York City. Profile of Chris Pellettieri, a stonecarver who is both mason and sculptor; Patrons of Pellettieri, including wealthy Upper East Side clients; Demand for carved stone; Public exhibitions and competitions; Motivation for Pellettieri.

Focuses on the fascination of an author to stone carvings.

Focuses on the site of an outdoor archeological museum in Rome. Cost of the excavation for the project; Reasons traffic and urban planners objected to closing the Via dei Fori Imperiali to private transportation; Progress of the digging; Information on restoration of stonework; Debates on which remains are worthy of preservation.

Reports that a Mayan stone carving which was discovered by police detectives in Brooklyn, New York City, New York will be shipped to Guatemala. Description of the stone carving; Background information on the discovery; Comments from Fabiola Fuentes, consul general of Guatemala in New York.

Discusses the work being done to repair damage in New York City's Central Park. The four stoneworkers--two from Cambodia and two from the city--who are doing the tedious work; Escaping the cycle of decay; Revival of some old traditions; Repair projects and their actual or projected completion dates.

Features the `Master Sculptors in Stone' exhibition at National Urban League in New York City featuring stone sculpture from Zimbabwe.