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A fact from Broadgate Venus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 August 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the sculpture Broadgate Venus has been described as a "large and threatening personification of voluptuous, ripe womanhood"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2026/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Broadgate Venus.

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The result was: promoted by Beta Beta Beta (talk) 06:42, 11 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Broadgate Venus in the City of London

... that the sculpture Broadgate Venus (pictured) has been described as a "large and threatening personification of voluptuous, ripe womanhood"?

Source: Capital Culture: Gender at Work in the City,

- ALT1: ... that the nude sculpture Broadgate Venus (pictured) has been described as one of the most scandalous artworks in London? Source: Time Out
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Celestial Toymaker

Created by APK (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

APK hi :-) (talk) 09:39, 1 July 2026 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 15:30, 1 July 2026 (UTC)Reply