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<h2>‘A great shame – the concept was better than the execution’: Boston MLK Jr. sculpture ‘Embrace’ is being panned… as some question why the artist behind the $10.5 million bronze work removed the couple’s heads</h2>
<p>Hank Willis Thomas’s The Embrace was unveiled to fanfare in Boston yesterday<br />
But art critics say the $10.5 million bronze statue missed the mark<br />
They struggled to see the hug it represents, inspired by Dr. King and his wife Coretta Scott King<br />
Some questioned why the statue was so expensive to make, while others wondered why the couple’s heads had been removed </p>
<p class="author-section byline-plain">By Jennifer Smith, Chief Reporter for Dailymail.Com <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=Jen_e_Smith&tw_p=followbutton" class="twitter-follow-author" rel="noopener"><span class="follow-author"></span></a> </p>
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‘A great shame – the concept was better than the execution’: Boston MLK Jr. sculpture ‘Embrace’ is being panned… as some question why the artist behind the $10.5 million bronze work removed the couple’s heads
Hank Willis Thomas’s The Embrace was unveiled to fanfare in Boston yesterday
But art critics say the $10.5 million bronze statue missed the mark
They struggled to see the hug it represents, inspired by Dr. King and his wife Coretta Scott King
Some questioned why the statue was so expensive to make, while others wondered why the couple’s heads had been removed
By Jennifer Smith, Chief Reporter for Dailymail.Com
