Charging Bull installed as a guerrilla artwork in Lower Manhattan

Artist Arturo Di Modica clandestinely installed the bronze Charging Bull sculpture in front of the New York Stock Exchange in the early morning of December 15, 1989, as a self-funded 'gift to the people' after the 1987 market crash. Authorities removed the sculpture and later reinstalled it at Bowling Green, where it remains a public landmark and tourist attraction. The story of its illegal installation and subsequent acceptance by the city is widely documented in news reports and art histories.