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Chinese censorship concerns after three artworks taken down by Canberra gallery
A Canberra art gallery has removed three artworks relating to Chinese leaders after receiving complaints and hundreds of angry messages, in what the artist believes was a coordinated attack.
Key points:
- Artist Luke Cornish is well known in Canberra and has previously exhibited works in the gallery
- He says it was a “bullying mentality” that pushed the gallery to take down the artworks
- In response to criticism of racism, he previously apologised for one of the artworks depicting Chairman Mao as Batman
The Ambush Gallery at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra removed three pieces — including one depicting Communist China’s founding leader Mao Zedong as Batman and another depicting him as Winnie the Pooh — after the…
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