As Twitchy reported earlier, New York City unveiled a new 12-foot statue in Times Square. It's a plus-sized, anonymous black woman. There was singing and celebration at the unveiling. Apparently, Times Square Arts was behind it.

What we didn't know until we saw the replies is that this is apparently a thing, globally. People sent in pics from around the world.

Rotterdam Central Station has one.

And there's a gold statue of a black woman checking her phone in Piazza della Signoria in Florence.

We'll admit, these are better than the giant Afro-pick that New Orleans set up just in time for Juneteenth.

Reportedly, the same "artist" is behind all of these masterpieces:

The cities, and by extension, the taxpayers, we assume.

Yep. New York City is late to the party.