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.

On X, viral posts about Thomas J. Price's sculpture Grounded in the Stars (2023), a 12-foot-tall statue of a Black woman now on view in Times Square, have labeled the work a sign of a "very sick society" and a harbinger of the "death of civilization.

A new statue is turning heads in Times Square. The 12-foot tall bronze sculpture was unveiled last week. In the bustling Crossroads of the World, the statue is already making people stop and reflect.