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Australian art festival cancels plan to soak UK flag in indigenous blood – BBC News
A plan to soak the UK flag in indigenous people’s blood drew anger from Aboriginal Australians.
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image captionTasmania’s Dark Mofo festival has a reputation for provocative artworks
An Australian festival has apologised for commissioning an artwork that would have seen the UK flag soaked in indigenous people’s blood.
The work, titled Union Flag, from Spanish artist Santiago Sierra will now not be shown at the Dark Mofo festival.
It had sparked condemnation after being included in the programme last week.
The festival had asked for “First Nations peoples from…
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