By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A 16-foot-tall bronze bust of a Black woman by artist Simone Leigh has been installed in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania's campus, and is being called an 'impressive and challenging' addition to the Ivy League school. The bronze, 5,900-pound sculpture, 'Brick House,' was lifted by crane Tuesday from a flatbed truck and lowered to its new home at the corner of 34th and Walnut streets, the gateway to College Green. The University of Pennsylvania was founded by Benjamin Franklin, and many statues of that Founding Father dot the […]

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