Author of Wall Street Charging Bull is raging over Fearless Girl, but does he have a valid moral right claim?
Fearless Girl Readers will be aware that last month a sculpture by Kristen Visbal , entitled Fearless Girl , was unveiled in Manhattan 's Financial District as an advertisement for an index fund which comprises gender diverse companies that have a higher percentage of women among their senior leadership [read the Wikipedia entry here ] . Fearless Girl was placed opposite the well-known (originally guerrilla art) Charging Bull by Italian-born sculptor Arturo Di Modica . It is arguable that it is indeed because of this particular positioning that Visbal's artwork appears so powerful. Initially Fearless Girl was expected to stay in place just for a few weeks, but in late March it was announced that the sculpture would not be removed until February 2018. Despite some criticisms, one of the reasons of the success of Fearless Girl appears to be its perception as a symbo...