Times Square Arts installed a new statue of a 12-foot-tall Black woman in casual clothing, juxtaposing it against the permanent monuments of a chaplain and playwright.

A new statue in Midtown has been generating a lot of discussion, praise and vitriol. In the less than two weeks since artist Thomas J. Price’s 12-foot tall bronze “Grounded in the Stars” sculpture – which depicts a young Black woman dressed in everyday clothes and standing with her hands on her hips – has been installed in Times Square,